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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:C-124A Globemaster II
    Last Military Serial:49-0258 USAF
    Construction Number:43187
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware

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    Dates

    Event

    1950

    Constructed as a C-124A by Douglas at Long Beach, CA, USA.

    31 January 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-0258.

    February 1951

    Transferred to 3rd Strategic Support Squadron (SAC), Hunter AFB, GA.
    Used as troop transport.

    January 1952

    Base of operations changed.
    Barksdale AFB, LA.

    1955

    Was used in the movie Strategic Air Command.

    April 1961

    Transferred to 305th Troop Carrier Squadron (USAFR), Tinker AFB, OK.

    October 1961

    305th TCS reassigned to Tactical Air Command.

    March 1962

    Transferred to 442nd Troop Carrier Wing (TAC), Tinker AFB, OK.

    July 1962

    Transferred to 1502nd Air Transport Wing (MATS), Hickam AFB, HI.

    March 1963

    Transferred to 1503rd Air Transport Wing (MATS), Tachikawa AB, Japan.

    July 1964

    Transferred to To 1502nd Air Transport Wing (MATS), Hickam AFB, HI.

    August 1965

    Transferred to 916th Troop Carrier Group (AFRES), Carswell AFB, TX.

    January 1966

    Unit redesignated as 916th Military Airlift Group.

    July 1969

    Ferry flight. Delivered to 3902nd Air Base Wing (SAC), Offutt AFB, NE.
    Assigned this unit for transfer to the SAC museum.

    July 1969

    To Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
    View the Location Dossier

    1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1971

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.

    16 September 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB

    22 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB

    Oldest surviving C-124, only C-124A.

    1997

    When the SAC Museum moved to its new facility in Ashland, NE, this aircraft remained in open storage at Offutt AFB for eventual transfer to Air Mobility Command Museum.

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

    Loaned to 436 AW/MU, Dover AFB, DE.

    October 2003

    Placed on display with Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE.
    Transported in sections by C-5A.
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    18 July 2009


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: This mighty freighter is now on display at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover, DE. She is one of only eight of the type in existence and the only A model anywhere


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    Internet Sources
    Air Mobility Command Museum
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Strategic Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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