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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:VC-131G Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:145962 USN
    Construction Number:440-481
    Last Civil Registration:N45962
    Compressed ID:Convair VC-131G sn 145962 USN cn 44...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aircraft Restoration and Marketing, Davis-Monthan AFB (West Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R4Y-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145962.

    Redesignated as C-131G.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145962.

    Redesignated as VC-131G.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145962.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CS0094.

    Withdrawn from use.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1G027.

    2 May 1983


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1983 photo of Convair VC-131G Samaritan at Prestwick Airport, Scotland

    16 July 1999

    To Charles A. Meggitt, Fairbanks, AK with new c/r N45962.

    July 2001


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: VC-131G, Bu.145962 in ARM/ DMI- clearly once based at Sigonella

    To Aircraft Restoration and Marketing, Davis-Monthan AFB (West Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    19 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken in ARM Yard, Tucson, AZ, USA

    6 April 2012

    Civil registration, N45962, cancelled.
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