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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:C-131F Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:141015 USN
    Construction Number:340-298
    Compressed ID:Convair C-131F sn 141015 USN cn 340...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R4Y-1.

    18 January 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 141015.

    1962

    Redesignated as C-131F.

    From March 1968 to July 1981

    Transferred to Forrest Sherman Field, NAS Pensacola, FL.
    Last base while in service, serving as flag transport for the Chief of Naval Air Training.

    July 1981

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    1982

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    15 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL of Convair C-131F Samaritan

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola NAS, Pensacola, Florida, United States
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    National Naval Aviation Museum
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     Glenn Chatfield
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