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    Airframe Family: Loening OA / OL
    Latest Model:OA-1A
    Last Military Serial:26-431 USAAC
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    1926

    Constructed as an OA-1A.

    1926

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 26-431.

    1926

    Markings Applied: San Francsico

    From 21 December 1926 to 2 May 1927

    Was one of 5 OA-1As departing San Antonio, TX on a 22,000 mile good-will tour of to 25 Central and South American countries. Flown by Capt Ira C. Eaker and Lt Muir S. Fairchild. Returned to Bolling Field, Washington DC.This aircraft and other four were awarded the MacKay Trophy, and all crew awarded DFC.

    December 1927

    To National Air Museum, Washington, DC.

    From 1964 to 1965

    Restored.

    By June 1977

    Loaned to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    13 June 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Loening OA-1A named San Francisco as seen on display in the National Museum of the United States Air Force in the Summer of 1977.

    12 September 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    August 2005

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
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    April 2006

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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     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
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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