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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16E Albatross
    Last Military Serial:1280 USCG
    Construction Number:G-302
    Latest Owner or Location:Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UF-1G.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 1280.

    Converted to an UF-2G.

    1962

    Redesignated as HU-16E.

    To Air Station Brooklyn, NY.
    Markings added: BROOKLYN, US COAST GUARD

    By April 1971

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

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 58 MXS/MXMFS, Kirtland AFB, NM.

    Placed on display with Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM.
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    By October 1982

    Markings Applied: 10071, U.S. AIR FORCE, 1550 ATTW
    Depicted as HU-16B s/n 51-0071 which was destroyed by enemy fire while attempting to rescue the crew of a downed USAF F-4 off Haiphong in the Gulf of Tonkin on Mar 14, 1966. The HU-16B landed in the sea close to the shoreline. It was quickly approached by several North Vietnamese boats. They began to open fire on the Albatross, finally firing a mortar that scored a direct hit. The flying boat burst into flames and resulted in 2 of the HU-16B crew killed. The survivors were later rescued by Navy helicopters.

    4 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Kirtland AFB - Rescue Heritage Museum - of a Grumman HU-16E Albatross
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