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Serial #: 59-1743 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: None Model: F-105D-5-RE Name: Arkansas Traveller Status: Displayed Last info: 2003 |
History: Delivered to USAF as 59-1743. - BOC: Nov. 30, 1960. - SOC: March 1981 - Allocated to 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing, Tactical Air Command, Nellis AFB, NV, 1960. - Transferred to 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC, Spril 21, 1964. - Transferred to 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, Korat Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand, June 14, 1966. -- Assigned to 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron. --- Flew as "Darn Dago". -- Transferred to 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Dec. 1968. --- Flown by Col. Paul P. Douglas, Jr., commander of the 388th, as "Arkansas Traveller". - Transferred to 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron/355th TFW, Takhli RTAB, Thailand, May 8, 1969. -- Flown by Lt. Glen Cloes as "Lead Zeppelin". - Transferred to 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, McConnell AFB, KS, Oct. 19, 1970. -- Placed in flyable storage. - Transferred to 192nd Tactical Fighter Group, Virginia ANG, Byrd Field, Richmond, VA, Jan. 1971. -- Assigned to 149th Tactical Fighter Squadron as "Hanoi Express". - Retired to USAFM with 4,500 flight hours, March 1981. Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, UT, 1987-2003. - Displayed in 388th TFW scheme as flown by Col. Paul P. Douglas, Jr., commander of the 388th. -- Flew as "Arkansas Traveller". - Marked with 8 swastikas representing German aircraft downed by Col. Douglas during World War II. |
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Source(s): Hill Aerospace Museum |
Photo Source(s): Hill Aerospace Museum Research Assistance: - |
