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51-16477 • USGS1016 • N2748 • C-GMMJ • N628TG

N226WD

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• 51-16477 USAF # 1044. L-20A No: 45. Command AF-1.

• 51-16477 Served at K-16 Seoul, Korea.

• 51-16477 Air Force Material Command.

• USGS1016 US Geological Survey. Details unknown. (See also c/n285).

Note: Seen at Jeffco Airport, Broomfield, CO., with this serial, Jul-1968.

• N2748 US Department of Interior, Geological Survey, Regional Geophysics Branch, Denver, CO. Circa. 1978. Canx 27-Jun-1988.

Note US Dept of Interior had leased aircraft from Air Force Materiel Command for several years before registering as N2748.

• C-GMMJ Imported into Canada 1988.

• C-GMMJ Aero Clinique R. L. Ltée., Kirkland, QC. Regd 25-Aug-1988 & 15-Nov-1988. Canx 27-Jan-1989.

• C-GMMJ Christopher S. McLean, (McLean & McLean’s Air Services), Delta, BC. Regd 27-Jan-1989. Canx 27-Feb-2001.

Note: Attended the 50^th Anniversary Celebration at Victoria, British Columbia, 17 to 19-Oct-1997.

• C-GMMJ Gary L. Redhead, Lloydminster, SK. Regd 13-Mar-2001. Canx 16-Oct-2002.

• N628TG Details unknown. Resd 22-Oct-2002 Canx 02-Dec-2002.

• N628TG William Thomas Gimple, AK. Regd 06-Dec-2002. Canx 31-Aug 2004.

Airworthiness Cert: 21-Jan-2003.

• N628TG Northward Bound LLC., Anchorage, AK. Regd 20-Jan-2005. Canx 26-Feb-2010.

• N628TG William J. Dunbar, Anchorage, AK. Regd 03-Mar-2010. Canx 02-Apr-2010

• N226WD William J. Dunbar, Anchorage, AK. Re regd 03-Apr-2010.

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USAF History

51-16477 was made available to the AMO (Air Material Overseas) unit of the USAF at Downsview on 21-Mar-1952, accepted 01-Apr-1952 and delivered on10-Apr-1952 to the San Bernardino Air Material Command depot at Norton AFB. It was re assigned to the Far East Air Force (FEAF) 5^th Air Force, and shipped to Japan on 03-Jun-1952 to Kisarazu and the 6400^th Air Depot until 26-Jul-1952. There followed an allocation to the 10^th Liaison Squadron, initially at Yong Dong Po in South Korea, from 26-Jul-1952 until 01-Feb-1954 after which this unit moved to the purpose built base of Osan ni until 01-Nov-1954. Still at Osan-ni it transferred to the 6171^th Air Base Sqd until 14-Dec-1954 and then back to the 10^th Liaison Sqd until 15-Mar-1955.

6171^st Air Base Sqd

Remaining at Osan ni it moved to the 58^th Fighter Bomber Wing on 15-Mar-1955 until 24-Oct-1955 whence it spent a period at the Northern Air Material Area Pacific, Showa Aircraft Factory, Tachikawa AFB in Japan. This establishment, allocated to the Air Material Command was designated, AMP – NAMAR at this stage, and was used by the FEAF as an in depth maintenance and repair base away from the front lines in South Korea where only line maintenance was possible. The aircraft remained here until 31-Mar-1956 and in view of the length of stay possibly to have serious damage repaired. It was then back to South Korea and Osan ni and the 58^th Fighter Bomber Wing until 01-Mar-1957.

A move to Seoul then occurred with a deployment to the 6146^th Air Advisory Group, which assisted in the setting up of the Republic of Korea Air Force. This initially lasted from 01-Mar-1957 – 31-Mar-1958  and then several transfers back and forth with the 6314^th Air Base Group  at Osan ni until 20-Sep-1961 and the 6314^th Support Wing at Osan ni AFB until Dec-1963. Whilst with the 6314^th there were several field deployments to other bases on the South Korean peninsula such as Kunsan, Kimpo, Chinhae and Taegu.

A short move to Taegu with the Logistics Command, as the Air Material Command was now called, and the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation maintenance facility who were acting as contractors (OLOGFACSF) occurred between 12/63 and Mar-1964followed by a move back to the 6314^th Support Sqd.

Emblem of 6314^th Support Squadron

Further history to be researched from microfilm.

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