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    Airframe Family: CASA C-212 Aviocar
    Latest Model:C-212-ECM
    Last Military Serial:16502 FAPo
    Construction Number:14
    Compressed ID:CASA C-212-ECM sn 16502 FAPo cn 14
    Latest Owner or Location:Beja Air Base, Beja, Beja

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1974

    Constructed as a C-212A.

    Circa 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forca Aerea Portuguesa with s/n 6502.

    9 June 1990


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: 6502 taken at the Battle of Britain Airshow Boscombe Down UK on 9th June 1990

    By 1995

    New serial number assigned: 16502 FAPo

    By 1995

    Converted to a C-212-ECM.

    By 1995

    Transferred to ESQ 401, Sintra.

    By 1998

    Transferred to ESQ 502, Sintra.

    7 July 2002


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NATO Tiger Meet, Beja AB, Portugal

    May 2005

    Assigned to Beja Air Base, Beja, Beja for storage.
    Stored wingless.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ian Carroll
    European Military Out of Service 2011 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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