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    Airframe Family: Piasecki H-21
    Latest Model:CH-21C Shawnee
    Last Military Serial:56-2159 US
    Construction Number:C.321
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-21C.

    July 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-2159.

    1962

    Redesignated as CH-21C.

    1 January 1969

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1975

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    By 1991

    Markings Applied: A, U.S. ARMY, U.S. ARMY, 62159
    In the markings of the 93rd Transportation Company, South Vietnam, 1962.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Pima Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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