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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:C-124C Globemaster II
    Last Military Serial:52-1004 USAF
    Construction Number:43913
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-124C by Douglas at Long Beach, CA, USA.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-1004.

    From June 1966 to November 1969

    Transferred to 61st Military Airlift Wing, Hickham AFB, HI.
    Periodic detachments to Tachikawa AB, Japan.

    From November 1969 to April 1971

    Transferred to 917th Military Airlift Group, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    April 1971

    Transferred to 911th Military Airlift Group, Pittsburgh, PA.

    13 August 1973

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CQ334.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    26 December 1973

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    25 September 1980


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1980 photo at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ - of a Douglas C-124C Globemaster

    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum.

    By 1991

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, 0-21004, MAC
    Displayed in the markings of the 901st Military Airlift Group, Laurence G. Hanscom AFB, in 1972.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    August 1994


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Scanned slide.

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    25 November 2005


    Photographer: John Meneely

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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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
    Pima Air and Space Museum
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Peter Nicholson
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