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    Airframe Family: Beech 50 Twin Bonanza / L-23/U-8/U-21 Seminole
    Latest Model:U-8D Seminole
    Last Military Serial:56-3698 US
    Construction Number:LH-99
    Compressed ID:Beech U-8D sn 56-3698 US cn LH-99
    Latest Owner or Location:Beloit Airport, Beloit, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-8D.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-3698.

    From 21 September 1978 to 2 November 1980

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 56-3698.

    To storage area of Pima Air and Space Museum. To Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ.

    2 July 2001


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: Pictured in Pima Air Museum restoration / storage area is this ex US Army Beeech U-8D Seminole. 56-3698

    July 2011

    Noted in a yard in Janesville, Wisconsin in Jul 2011 without wings or engines.

    By 2020

    To Beloit Airport, Beloit, WI.
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    3 August 2020


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Emerald Grove, WI.

    3 August 2020


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Emerald Grove, WI.
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     U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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