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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:UF-2G Albatross
    Last Military Serial:2126 USCG
    Construction Number:G-353
    Last Civil Registration:N333CV
    Compressed ID:Grumman UF-2G sn 2126 USCG cn G-353...
    Latest Owner or Location:Specialized Aircraft Maintenance, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-16.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-0126.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 2126 as a UF-1G.

    Converted to an UF-2G.

    Redesignated.

    Markings Applied: 2126

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 42019.

    By 1979

    To Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    11 July 1979

    Offered for disposal with a total of 9,275 hours on the airframe.

    From By 1988 to By 2007

    Placed in open storage unconverted and stripped in contractor yard at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    From 10 September 1998 to By 2007

    To Robert F. Carlson, Carson City, NV with new c/r N333CV.

    April 2007

    To Charles D. Wootan, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N333CV.

    Scrapped at the Allied Aircraft yard at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    21 August 2007

    Civil registration, N333CV, cancelled.

    To Specialized Aircraft Maintenance, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 November 2012


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy
    Notes: Now at Pima Air and Space Museum, in the restoration/storage compound.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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