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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:KC-97L Stratofreighter
    Last Military Serial:52-0895 USAF
    Construction Number:16589
    Last Civil Registration:N1365D
    Latest Owner or Location:Medford Jackson County Airport, Four Corners, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KC-97G-23-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-0895.

    Converted to a KC-97L.

    By 1975

    Transferred to 126th ARS, 128th ARG, Wisconsin ANG, General Mitchell Field, WI.
    Operated with markings: WISCONSIN

    1975


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF ret.)
    Notes: Photo taken at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    1975


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF ret.)
    Notes: Photo taken at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    From 24 January 1978 to 5 November 1981

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CH0611.

    12 December 1989

    To Erickson Air Crane Co, Central PT, OR with new c/r N1365D.

    October 1997

    Placed on display with Medford Jackson County Airport, Four Corners, OR.
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    Restored.
    Fitted with the tail of 52-2698.

    12 April 1999


    Photographer: Tom Vance
    Notes: N1365D in the field at Medford Oregon.

    22 November 1999

    Civil registration, N1365D, cancelled.

    2006


    Photographer: Andy West

    3 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Medford, OR, U.S.A.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    MASDC (1983 Aviation Press ISBN 0 907898 02 8) by Peter Blanchard, Philip Chinnery and Martyn Swann
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    John Bennett
    Max Sabin

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