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    Airframe Family: Piasecki H-21
    Latest Model:CH-21B Work Horse
    Last Military Serial:51-15857 USAF
    Construction Number:B.4
    Compressed ID:Piasecki CH-21B sn 51-15857 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-21B.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-15857.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as CH-21B.

    Transferred to Eglin AFB, FL.

    January 1965

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    June 1969


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    October 1970

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1 June 1972


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH.

    21 May 1973


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: CH-21B Workhorse as displayed at the USAF Museum in the summer of 1973.

    21 May 1973

    Markings Applied: The Joker, 857

    19 September 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    26 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    13 August 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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