| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | HB-ILY |
| Alternate Serial: | 0-22759 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (367) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (367) |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter |
| C/n (msn): | 16657 |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
| Photo Date: | 13 October 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 715848 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to the USAF as KC-97G 52-2626. Later converted to a C-97G. Registered as HB-ILY for use by the Red Cross in the Biafra Airlift in 1969. Returned to the USAF and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB in 1970. To the museum in 1973. The vertical stabilizer had been replaced with the one from 52-2759. It was later painted white. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 13 August 2024, and has since been viewed 134 times. |