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c/n 513

52-6127 / MS

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52-6127 USAF #1289. L-20 No: 290. Command AF-3. Delivered 25-Jun-1953. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.

52-6127 Stored at MASDC, Davis Monthan AFB., AZ between 23-Mar-1965 and 27-Sep-1965. Struck of charge 18-Oct-1965.

52-6127 6127 / MS South Vietnamese AF 716th Reconnaissance Squadron, 314 SMS SVn AF, Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base, Vietnam. Possibly from Jul-1966.

Note: It had been converted to RU-6A configuration.

Fate unknown

USAF History

52-6127 was made available on 29-May-1953 and accepted on 09-Jun-1953 by the 6600th Air Depot AMO (Air Material Overseas Unit), at Downsview, ON., after which it was assigned to the Continental Air Command and delivered to the 2596th Flying Training Centre at Hensley Field in Texas where it remained until 06-Aug-1953.

Emblem of the Continental Air Command

It was next assigned to the Air Material Command and passed to the Sacramento Air Depot at McLellan AFB., CA., for unknown reasons for just five days and then returned to the Continental Air Command but now with the Fourth Air Force at Beale AFB., CA. Whilst here it suffered a category 2 (minor) damage following a forced landing after running out of fuel 8 miles N of Robbins AFB., CA., on 15-Feb-1954. It remained until 05-Apr-1956 after which a re-assignment saw it join the Training Command and it was posted to Williams AFB., AZ., where it was attached to the 3525th Combat Crew Training Wing. Following a re-organisation in Jun-1958 the unit was re-assigned to the Tactical Air command and was re designated as the 4530th Combat Crew Training Wing and as such it remained until 12-May-1960.

Emblem of the 3525th CCT Wing

It now moved to Randolph AFB with the Air Training Command and was attached to the 3511st Flying Training Group until 31-Jul-1962 when it moved over to the Maintenance Support Group,

It later passed to the 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing at Walker AFB., on an unknown date and then moved to MASDC, Davis Monthan AFB., AZ., where it was stored from 23-Mar-1965 until 27-Sep-1965 and then at the Sacramento Air Material Area at McClellan AFB., until 18-Oct-1965 when it was struck of charge and passed to the Military Aid Program and eventually on to the South Vietnamese Air Force possibly about Jul 1966.

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