Woodsy Airfield wrote:
Sale Date..........Aircraft Remains..........Sale Location...........Buyer If Known
11 Mar 1975....C-47D, C-119G, C-97G, C-124C, RB-57A.....Tri-City Airport, Saginaw, MI
C-47D ser. 43-48459, C-119G ser 52-5846, C-97G ser 52-02646, C-124C ser 51-10126,
RB-57A 52-21463
8 Apr 1975...C-119G ser 52-5846, C-97G ser 52-02646...Tri-City A/P, MI...Jack Munson, Muncie, IN
8 Apr 1975...C-124C ser 51-10126..........Tr-City A/P, MI...........Newhouse Auto, Ypilanti, MI
8 Apr 1975...RB-57A ser 52-21463..........Tri-City A/P, MI..........Jack Munson, Muncie, IN
"Ten Photos total. Nine photos dated 12-4-74, C-97G and RB-57A depicted while waiting for sale to start in near future. I have included pics of an H-19, HU-16 'Katanga', and RF-84 which were at the Saginaw Museum, but not listed in sales. The 11 Mar 1975 sale was cancelled and aircraft relisted on 8 Apr 1975 list. That sale shows winning bidders. The last photo of RB-57A was taken at Selma Airport, Muncie IN of 21463 on 4-20-1981. As I recall, it had been demiled somewhat, but doesn't seem so in photo."
These were all USAF aircraft that had been loaned to the short-lived Michigan Military Air Museum in the early 1970s. When the museum closed in 1974, the aircraft were impounded and sold; some would even fly again (I've corrected some serials).
C-47D 43-48459:
Per Baugher:
Joe Baugher wrote:
(43-)48459 (c/n 25720) delivered to USAAF Aug 1944. To military museum in Freeland, MI until Dec 1974 when sold. Mar 1975 to N47071, Jan 1976 to N85FA. Nov 1982 to N105CA. In 2007 put on display at Champaign Aviation Museum, Urbana, OH. Civil registration is N105CA, owned by Alta Leasing, Inc.
Current photos here:
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDos ... rial=71954C-119G 52-5846:
Not a happy ending here:
Joe Baugher wrote:
(52-)5846 (c/n 11005)to civil registry as N48076, Hawkins and Powers water bomber No. 135, Greybull, WY. Crashed Sep 16, 1987 at Castle Craigs State Park, CA. 3 killed.
Photo from this thread:
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.o ... &start=120
C-97G 52-2646:
No info on this one past the sale; Geoff Goodall lists it as "assumed scrapped".
C-124C 51-126:
Cockpit:
Per Baugher:
Joe Baugher wrote:
(51-)126 (c/n 43460) converted to C-124C. Scrapped at the Tri-City Airport in Freeland, Michigan in the mid-1970's. It had flown in there in 1970 for a static display with the "Mid-Michigan Air Museum" but the aircraft there were abandoned when the museum failed to make any money. This plane had been damaged by a windstorm and lost its rudder and so it was scrapped on the spot.
RB-57A 52-1463:
Purchased by Jack Munson, moved to the Selma Airport, Muncie, IN; photo taken April 20, 1981:
Per Nathan Decker at millionmonkeytheater.com:
Nathan Decker wrote:
*USAF 1st TRS (10th TRW).
*USAF 363rd TRW.
*Kentucky ANG 165th TRS.
*1968: Michigan ANG 172nd TRS.
*Currently preserved at Tri Cities Airport, MI. Or is it gone now?
Good question. I found a topographical map that showed the location of the Selma airfield at 40.1880993, -85.2591355; the earliest aerial image (1994) shows a vague area that looks like it could have been a grass airstrip - but no RB-57. Today it's a plowed field.
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