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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-4/C-7 Caribou
    Latest Model:C-7A Caribou
    Last Military Serial:T.9-13 EdA
    Construction Number:015
    Last Civil Registration:N555NC {1}
    Compressed ID:deHavilland Canada C-7A sn T.9-13 E...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pen-Turbo Aviation, Cape May County Airport, Rio Grande, New Jersey

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AC-1-DH by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    15 April 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 60-3764.

    15 April 1961

    Transferred to Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, AL.

    June 1962

    Redesignated as CV-2A.

    February 1966

    Transferred to 4449th Combat Crew Training Squadron (CCTS), Lawson Army Army Air Field, Fort Benning, GA.
    To provide training (by Army instructors) for USAF crews who would take control of the Caribous.

    1 January 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-3764 as a C-7A.
    TOS USAF under Operation Red Leaf.

    1 January 1967

    Transferred to 4449th CCTS, 4442nd Combat Crew Training Wing, Sewart AFB, TN.
    Operated with markings: TD-764

    1969

    Transferred to 18th Tactical Airlift Training Squadron, Dyess AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: TD-764

    21 March 1972

    Transferred to 700th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 918th Tactical Airlift Group, 94th Tactical Airlift Wing (AFRES), Dobbins AFB, GA.
    Operated with markings: DG-764

    June 1972


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Green Ramp, Pope AFB, NC

    June 1976

    Transferred to 150th Tactical Airlift Squadron (ANG), McGuire AFB, NJ.

    9 June 1976


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-7A Caribou of 150 TAS New Jersey ANG at McGuire AFB on finals at Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Summer of 1976.

    October 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n T.9-13 and operated with these markings: 353-13.

    November 1986

    Withdrawn from use.

    11 November 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N555NC {1} (CARIBOU DHC-4A, 15) issued.

    16 November 1994

    To Pen Turbo Aviation Inc, Rio Grande, NJ with new c/r N555NC {1}.

    Based at Pen-Turbo Aviation, Cape May County Airport, Rio Grande, NJ.
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    1 January 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR555NC {1} (CARIBOU DHC-4A, 15) issued.

    12 September 2013

    Civil registration, N555NC {1}, cancelled.
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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
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The C-7A Caribuou Association
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
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