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• 58-2052 US Army # 1932. L-20 No. 933. Command A-16. Delivery late 1959 and possibly delivered directly to the RLAF.

Note: Delivery date unknown but a Bombardier photo taken in 1959 shows snow on the ground as aircraft is loaded into a C-124 Globemaster.

• Apart from the number 82052 rather than 58-2052 and no National Insignia this might denote that aircraft was going direct to the Royal Laotian Air Force.

• 82052 Royal Laotian Air Force, Wattay Air Base. Possibly from Dec-1959.

Royal Laotian Service history: A photo taken on 08-Sep-1965 shows the aircraft at Savannakhet as "€œ2052"€, grey over all, based at Vientiane.

Later seen at Thakhek West (Cambodia) on 22-Feb-1966 and at Savannakhet on 02-May-1966, less rudder and elevator. Its fate is unknown and was not current on 01-Apr-1972.

• Fate Unknown •