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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-80/P-80/T-33/TO/TV Shooting Star / T2V Sea Star / CT-133 Silver Star / F-94 Starfire
    Latest Model:T-33A
    Last Military Serial:54439 ALA
    Construction Number:580-9883
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33A sn 54439 ALA cn 580-...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Wales Aviation Museum, Saint Athan Airport, Eglwys-Brewis, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-33A.

    Circa 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-4439.

    1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de l Air with s/n 54439.

    25 January 1978

    Withdrawn from use.
    Flown to RAF Sculthorpe, on return to USAF.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    5 June 1979

    Loaned to North East Land, Sea and Air Museums, Sunderland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.
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    By 16 November 2011

    Markings Applied: 54439

    16 November 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At North East Air Museum at Washington, UK

    Placed on display with North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.
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    22 January 2020

    Placed on display with South Wales Aviation Museum, Saint Athan Airport, Eglwys-Brewis, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
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    27 June 2021


    Photographer: Andrew Appleton
    Notes: T-33 54439 in French Air Force markings at SWAM on 27th June 2021.
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    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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