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    Airframe Family: Piasecki H-21
    Latest Model:CH-21B Work Horse
    Last Military Serial:52-8693 USAF
    Construction Number:B.55
    Latest Owner or Location:Fighting Classics Aircraft Restoration, Marana Northwest Regional Airport (formerly Avra Valley Airport), Marana, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-21B.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-8693.

    Redesignated as CH-21B.

    To Fighting Classics Aircraft Restoration, Marana Northwest Regional Airport (formerly Avra Valley Airport), Marana, AZ.
    Only the tail section survives here.
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    By 8 September 2011

    Markings Applied: 0-28693

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 February 2023


    Photographer: Cassidy Cristello


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

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    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Mike Henniger

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