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"Angel Of Deliverence"
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Serial #: 52-2718 Construction #: - Civil Registration: N117GA Model(s): KC-97G KC-97L C-97G Name: Angel Of Deliverence Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
History: Manufactured by Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle WA. Delivered to USAF as 52-2718. - BOC: April 27, 1954. - SOC: July 1977 - Assigned to 98th Air Refueling (Medium) Squadron (SAC), Lincoln AFB, NE, Apr. 1954. - Transferred to 96th Bombardment (M) Wing (SAC), Altus AFB, OK, Sep. 1954. -- Deployments to Ernest Harmon AB, Newfoundland, Elmendorf AFB AK, and Mountain Home AFB ID. - Transferred to 96th Air Refueling (M) Squadron (SAC), Altus AFB, OK, Sep. 1957 . - Transferred to 97th air refueling (M) Squadron (SAC), Malmstrom AFB, MT, Jun. 1958. - Transferred to 407th Air Refueling Squadron (SAC), Malmstrom AFB, MT, Feb. 1961. - Transferred to 26th Air Refueling Squadron (SAC), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, Jul. 1961. - Transferred to 4108th Air Refueling Wing (SAC), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, Feb. 1962. - Transferred to 497th Air Refueling Wing (SAC), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, Jan. 1963. - Transferred to 128th Air Refueling Wing (ANG), Gen. Billy Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, WI, Aug. 1964. -- Converted to KC-97L, Aug. 1965 . - Transferred to 151st air Refueling Group (ANG), Salt Lake City MAP, UT, Sep. 1972. -- Deployments to Rhein Main AB, Frankfort, Germany, "Operation Creek Party". - Delivered to Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis Monthan AFB AZ, Sep. 1976. Civilian Owner, 1986. - Acquired at auction. - Converted to C-97G configuration. -- refueling equipment removed and cargo floors installed. Seized by U.S. Marshal Service, 1988 - Sold at Auction. Grace Aire Inc, Corpus Christi, TX, 1988. - Operated as a cargo transport for humanitarian missions to South America and to carry fish in Alaska. Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation, Farmingdale, NJ, April 22, 1996-2004. - Registered as N117GA. - Flown from Moses Lake, Washington to Greybull, Wyoming for inspection and restoration, Oct. 1998. - Aircraft painted in colors of YC-97A/45-59595, the sole C-97 used in the Berlin Airlift, 2000. - Flown from Greybull, Wyoming to Aberdeen, SD, July 2001. - Flown from Aberdeen SD to Millville, NJ, Nov. 2001. - Flown to Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY, May 2002. |
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Source(s): Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation Photo Source(s): Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation Pat Carry. |
