USAF History
51-16516 was made available on 11-Jun-1952, accepted on 18-Jun-1952 by the 6600th Air Depot AMO (Air Material Overseas Unit), at Downsview, Ontario after which it was assigned to the Tactical Air Command. It was delivered to Pope AFB, Fayetteville, North Carolina on 24-Jun-1952 where it was attached to the 4th Liaison Flight until 22-Jul-1952 when it moved to Shaw AFB, Sth. Carolina for the 2nd Liaison Squadron until 10-Jun-1954 moving across to the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing until 28th Nov-1954 when the aircraft suffered a category 4 accident (serious/destroyed) following a forced landing because of fuel starvation, near Wade, NC . The pilot was Robert W. Howell.
The assignment was terminated on 29-Dec-1954.