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    Airframe Family: Piasecki H-21
    Latest Model:CH-21B Work Horse
    Last Military Serial:52-8688 USAF
    Construction Number:B.50
    Last Civil Registration:N6795
    Latest Owner or Location:Chico Air Museum, Chico Municipal Airport, Chico, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-21B.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-8688.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    To unknown owner with c/r N6795.

    Loaned to 60 AMW/HOX, Travis AFB, CA.

    Circa 11 August 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N6795 issued.

    24 November 1986

    To unknown owner with c/r N6795.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Lilchfield Park, AZ.

    To Travis AFB Heritage Center, Travis AFB, Vacaville-Fairfield, CA.
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    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Travis AFB.

    13 February 2013

    Civil registration, N6795, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Lilchfield Park, AZ.

    October 2017

    Placed on display with Chico Air Museum, Chico Municipal Airport, Chico, CA.
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    2 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Chico, CA, 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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force

    Individual Contributors
    John Bennett
    Mike Henniger

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