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    Airframe Family: Cessna 318 / 405 / T-37 Tweet / A-37 Dragonfly
    Latest Model:T-37B-CE Tweet
    Last Military Serial:81868 BBB
    Construction Number:40293
    Compressed ID:Cessna T-37B-CE sn 81868 BBB cn 402...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bangladesh Air Force Museum, BAF Base Bashar, Dhaka

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-37A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    Circa 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-1868.

    Circa 1961

    Converted to a T-37B-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    By May 1989

    Transferred to 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: OK, 81868

    9 August 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    By 1998

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Bangladesh Biman Bahini with s/n 81868 and operated with these markings: 868.

    To Bangladesh Air Force Museum, BAF Base Bashar, Dhaka.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
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     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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