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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:707-338C
    Construction Number:18954
    Last Civil Registration:N449J
    Compressed ID:Boeing 707-338C cn 18954 cr N449J
    Latest Owner or Location:Boeing

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    Dates

    Event

    1965

    Constructed as a 707-338C.

    28 December 1965

    To Qantas Airways with new c/r VH-EBR.
    Operated with markings: City of Wollongong

    March 1974


    Photographer: Greg Banfield
    Notes: Departing Sydney Airport

    July 1974

    To Malaysian Airline System with new c/r 9M-ATR.

    14 July 1974


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 9M-ATR Boeing 707-338C Malaysian Airline System.Taxying in after arrival at Glasgow, government/VIP visit.

    By July 1975

    To Malaysian Airline System with new c/r 9M-MCR.

    By February 1980

    To Somali Airlines with new c/r 6O-SBN.

    16 August 1984


    Photographer: Rolf Wallner
    Notes: At Frankfurt, Germany

    24 November 1984

    Involved in an incident.
    Hi-jacked whilst en route from Mogadishu to Jeddah and flown to Addis Ababa.

    By November 1985

    To Omega Air with new c/r G-BMJE.

    To Boeing with new c/r N449J.
    For KC-135 parts.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: In the National Aircraft scrapyard next to Davis-Monthan AFB.

    By 1 February 1992

    Scrapped.
    At National Aircraft scrapyard - Davis Monthan, Tucson, AZ.
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