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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:T-29C Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:53-3489 USAF
    Construction Number:240-443
    Latest Owner or Location:Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-29C.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3489.

    8 October 1980


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 53-3489 Convair T-29C USAF at Mather AFB. Preserved, ex-323rd FTW, previously operated from Mather before the Wing re-equipped with Boeing T-43As. Mather is now a civilian airport

    4 October 1989


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1989 photo at Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 12 FTW/MXMFA, Randolph AFB, TX.

    To Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX.
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    4 December 2019


    Photographer: Charles Baumann
    Notes: Touchup of paint and markings November 2019.
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