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USAF History

51-16511 was made available on 10-Jun-1952 and, accepted on 16-Jun-1952 by the 6600^th Air Depot AMO (Air Material Overseas Unit), at Downsview, Ontario after which it was assigned to the Tactical Air Command. It was delivered to Pope AFB, Fayetteville, NC on 24-Jun-1952 where it was attached to the 4^th Liaison Flight until 22-Jul-1952 when it moved to Shaw AFB, SC for the 2^nd Liaison Squadron. It stayed until 10-Jun-1954 moving across to the 363^rd Reconnaissance Training (RCT) Wing until 22-Mar-1956.

It then went back to the de Havilland factory at Downsview, Ontario for a session of maintenance until 03-May-1956 returning to its previous unit at Shaw until 21-Nov-1956. It then moved to Dover AFB, DE to the Military Air Transport Command and joined the 1737^th Ferry Squadron. From here it passed to Olmsted AFB, PA to the Air Material Command and the Middletown Air Depot. It remained here from12-Dec-1956 until 11-Jan-1957.

It then returned to its previous unit at Dover but only for ten days until 21-Jan-1953 after which it travelled to Anchorage, AK and Elmendorf AFB where it was allocated to the 5039^th Air Base Wing until 01-Jun-1957 and then the 5039^th Air Transport Squadron until 01-Nov-1957. Following this attachment, and staying at Elmendorf it joined the 5040^th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Group. There is now an apparent gap in the history as the aircraft’s record card shows it as being allocated to the Civil Air Patrol on 27-Apr-1960.