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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:UF-1G Albatross
    Last Military Serial:7251 USCG
    Construction Number:G-341
    Compressed ID:Grumman UF-1G sn 7251 USCG cn G-341...
    Latest Owner or Location:Dyess Memorial Museum and Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Abilene, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SA-16B by Grumman at Bethpage, New York.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7251.

    1962

    Redesignated as HU-16B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 7251 as a UF-1G.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    To Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    To Linear Air Park/Texas Museum of Military History, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    Loaned to 7 BW/CVM, Dyess AFB, TX.

    October 1990


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Dyess AFB, TX

    October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Dyess AFB Linear Air Park, TX.

    To Dyess AFB Airpark, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    To Dyess Memorial Museum and Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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