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    Airframe Family: Cessna 310 / 320 / L-27/U-3 Blue Canoe
    Latest Model:U-3A Blue Canoe
    Last Military Serial:57-5872 USAF
    Construction Number:38027
    Latest Owner or Location:South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-27A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, KS, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-5872.

    Transferred to 911th Military Airlift Group, Greater Pittsburgh Airport, PA.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as U-3A.

    4 September 1968

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    24 September 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-5872.
    Returned to service.

    24 September 1969

    Transferred to 927th Tactical Air Support Group, Selfridge AFB, MI.

    Transferred to 908th Tactical Airlift Group, Maxwell AFB, AL.

    5 April 1972

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    To Maryland Army National Guard.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 28 BW/MU, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    By September 1991

    To South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD.
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    14 September 1997


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2 October 2020


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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 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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