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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:VC-131D Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:55-0292 USAF
    Construction Number:340-315
    Last Civil Registration:N8435H
    Compressed ID:Convair VC-131D sn 55-0292 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a CV-340-61.

    1956

    To Convair, A Division of General Dynamics Corp, San Diego, CA with new c/r N8435H (340, 315).

    April 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-0292 as a C-131D-CO.
    This s/n originally assigned to c/n 340-218 but not taken up.

    16 August 1956

    Civil registration, N8435H, cancelled.

    1966

    Converted to a VC-131D.

    From By 1981 to After 1984

    Transferred to 120th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 140th Tactical Fighter Wing, Colorado ANG, Buckley ANG Base, Denver, CO.

    May 1984


    Photographer: M. Aldrich
    Notes: Photo taken at Norfolk, VA. Slide duplicate.

    By April 1987

    To South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD.
    View the Location Dossier

    14 September 1997


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    1 August 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: South Dakota Air and Space Museum

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Notice the addition of the Colorado state flag on the fuselage behind the prop warning stripe

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    MAP Aircraft Photos
    Military Aviation Review
    Plane Logger
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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