c133tailnumbers

Tail Numbers

This panel is part of what is left of 90531, which was registered as N2276V and stored for many years at Tucson IAP, AZ. The plane was cut up in Feb 2001, and its remnants consist of the upper forward fuselage (crew relief area and cockpit), in two pieces. Courtesy G. W. Newman, Jr., 2000.

My references include U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909, compiled by John M. Andrade (ISBN 0904597) and History of the Warner Robins Air Material Area, 1 July 1971 - 30 June 1972. Part I: Weapon Systems, C-133 Cargomaster, 1953-1971. Original list derived from one maintained by Carl Pettypiece and Steven Tobey. Further amplification (shown in italics) comes from Weenie Wagon at Work, by Peter J. Bish, in Propliner, July-Sep 1982. Also, for these and any other military serial numbers, an absolute MUST is Joe Baugher's site. Most recently, Nick Modders copied aircraft data cards at the Air Force Historical Research Agency, and found good dates for Air Force delivery and for retirement. Retirement date is taken as the first date shown for being at Davis-Monthan AFB.

C-133A

Tail Nr Completed/Delivered C/N Unit Retired/Disposition

C-133A-DL

54-0135 04-24-56/04-24-56 44705 1607 ATW 03-08-71. Scrapped

C-133A-1-DL

54-0136 06-29-56/06-29-56 44706 1607 ATW 07-21-71. Was NASA 928 for many years, under a NASA/USA MOU. Civil registration N136AR, then N136AB. Located at Mojave, CA. Aircraft with civil registry ending in AR were bought by Foundation for Airborne Relief for use as airmobile hospital. Project was not carried to completion. Once owned by Properties Investment Enterprise, Ltd. Aircraft later purchased by Cargomaster Corp., Anchorage, AK.

54-0137 12-21-56/01-18-57 44607 1607 ATW 01-07-71. According to Joe Baugher, was once registered as N2251X. The hulk is in a salvage yard in Tucson, AZ, just outside the SW fence of Davis-Monthan AFB. It was once owned by Properties Investment Enterprise, Ltd., then by Maurice Carlson, Anchorage, AK, but is now owned by Don Howells, of HAVECO, an aircraft salvage company in Tucson. Used as a storage barn for aircraft parts, it will be scrapped in the near future. Photo by Stan Rothwell, 1996.

54-0138 /08-07-56 44608 1607 ATW 03-19-71. Scrapped

C-133A-5-DL

54-0139 01-14-58/08-19-57 44709 1607 ATW 03-10-71. Scrapped

54-0140 /07-12-57 44710 1607 ATW Destroyed 10 Jan 1965, crashed into water after takeoff, Wake Island.

54-0141 10-04-57/10-04-57 44711 1607 ATW 04-14-71. Scrapped

54-0142 07-23-57/07-24-57 44712 1607 ATW 04-12-71. Scrapped

C-133A-10-DL

54-0143 08-22-57/09-13-57 44713 1607 ATW 04-12-71. Scrapped

54-0144 /09-23-57 44714 1607 ATW 04-09-71. Scrapped

54-0145 10-04-57/10-04-57 44715 1607 ATW 03-12-71. Scrapped

54-0146 /11-26-57 44716 1607 ATW Destroyed 13 Apr 1958, crashed 26 miles S of Dover AFB, DE

C-133A-15-DL

56-1998 03-14-57/12-21-57 45163 1607 ATW 1971. With 56-2011, transferred to FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, for use in aircraft firefighting research. Wings and tail removed, leaving only fuselage. Reported scrapped in 1992.

56-1999 12-27-57/12-27-57 45164 1607 ATW 04-05-57. Civil registration N199AB. Initially N199AR, to be used by Foundation for Airborne Relief. Painted with registration HI-227 at Davis-Monthan Sep 75, purchased by Maurice Carlson, Anchorage, AK, and reregistered as N199AB. Located at Anchorage IAP in 2000. Photo.

56-2000 01-21-58/01-21-58 45165 1607 ATW 1971. Was registered as N200AR, for Foundation for Airborne Relief. Believed to have been scrapped at Long Beach, CA.

56-2001 03-24-58/02-21-58 45166 1607 ATW Registered as N201AR while owned by Foundation for Airborne Relief. Later purchased by Cargomaster Corporation, left stored at Mojave Airport, CA, where it was confirmed 26 Apr 2000. Owned by Maurice Carlson, Anchorage, AK. Photo.

56-2002 /03-26-58 45167 1607 ATW Destroyed 22 Sep 1963, crashed into Atlantic Ocean near Shad Intersection, SE of Dover AFB, DE. Aircraft apparently stalled near top of climb to cruising altitude.

C-133A-20-DL

56-2003 04-29-58/09-29-58 45168 1607 ATW 1971. Scrapped

56-2004 07-24-58/07-24-58 45169 1607 ATW 1971. Scrapped

56-2005 /08-19-58 45170 1607 ATW Destroyed 13 Jul 1963 during refueling, Dover AFB, DE..

56-2006 08-29-58/08-29-58 45171 1607 ATW 1971. Scrapped

56-2007 10-05-58/10-03-58 45172 1607 ATW 04-16-71. Scrapped

C-133A-25-DL

56-2008 11-01-58/11-01-58 45245 1607 ATW 03-17-71. AF Museum. Flown there directly from Dover AFB, DE, when airplanes were retired in 1971. Photo.

56-2009 11-07-58/11-08-58 45246 1607 ATW 04-17-71. Located at Chanute AFB. Was used for many years at Chanute AFB as training aircraft in maintenance programs and firefighter training. When Chanute AFB was closed, the airplane ended up with the Octave Chanute Air Museum. Photo.

56-2010 12-29-58/12-19-58 45247 1607 ATW 04-02-71. Scrapped

56-2011 02-03-59/02-036-59 45248 1607 ATW 1971. With 56-1998, transferred to FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, for use in aircraft firefighting research. Still at Atlantic City as of Feb 2001.

FAA photo of 62011, one of the two C-133s moved in April 1971 to the FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ. The hull has been specially strengthened and modified for research in aircraft cargo fires.

C-133A-30-DL

56-2012 02-28-59/02-28-59 45249 1607 ATW 02-05-71. Scrapped

56-2013 04-28-59/04-28-59 45250 1607 ATW 04-20-71. Scrapped

56-2014 /05-05-59 45251 1607 ATW Destroyed 07 Nov 1964 in crash on takeoff at Goose Bay, Labrador. Most probable cause a power stall on takeoff due to icing or possibly aerodynamic instability of the aircraft.

C-133A-35-DL

57-1610 07-02-5907-02-59 45507 1607 ATW 1971. Scrapped

57-1611 /07-23-59 45508 1607 ATW Destroyed 27 May 1962. Crashed into water near Shad Intersection, east of Dover AFB, DE.

57-1612 09-02-59/o9-02-59 45509 1607 ATW 03-15-71. Scrapped

57-1613 09-26-59/10-09-59 45510 1501 ATW 03-24-71. Scrapped

57-1614 /11-06-59 45511 1501 ATW Destroyed 11 Jun 1961, crashed into water off Japan.

57-1615 11-27-59-12-03-59 45512 1501 ATW Scrapped

C-133B

C- 133B-DL

59-0522 12-01-59/12-01-59 45573 1501 ATW 06-01-71. Scrapped

59-0523 /01-08-60 45574 1501 ATW Destroyed 10 Apr 1963, crashed while in traffic pattern, Travis AFB, CA.

59-0524 02-09-69/02-19-60 45575 1501 ATW 06-17-71. Scrapped

59-0525 03-17-60/03-17-60 45576 1501 ATW 07-07-71. Scrapped

59-0526 05-06-60/05-06-60 45577 1501 ATW 07-02-71. Scrapped

59-0527 05-17-60/05-17-60 45578 1501 ATW 06-30-71. Acquired by Pima Air and Space Museum., Tucson, AZ, where it is displayed. Photo.

59-0528 06-29-60/06-28-60 45579 1501 ATW 07-16-71. Scrapped

59-0529 07-31-60/08-30-60 45580 1501 ATW 07-26-71. Bradley Air Museum (later called New England Air Museum) destroyed by tornado 3 Oct 79. Photo of wreckage after the tornado, with excellent narrative.

59-0530 08-25-60/08-31-60 45581 1501 ATW Destroyed 6 Feb 1970, disintegrated in flight over NW Nebraska, due to catastrophic propagation of old crack in skin of forward fuselage.

59-0531 09-26-60/10-06-60 45582 1501 ATW 07-26-71. Civil registry as N2276V, sat for many years on Tucson International Airport, AZ, owned by Maurice Carlson, Anchorage, AL. Scrapped Jan 2001. Photo as displayed at Tucson IAP until it was cut up.

59-0532 10-24-60/11-01-60 45583 1501 ATW 07-09-71. Scrapped

59-0533 11-29-60/11-29-60 45584 1501 ATW Initially registered as N77152, then as N133B when acquired by Northern Air Cargo in 1974. Was located at Anchorage IAP, AK, until Spring 2000, when it was scrapped. Owner was Maurice Carlson, Anchorage, AK. Photo.

59-0534 /12-29-60 45585 1501 ATW Destroyed 30 Apr 1967, ditched off of east coast of Okinawa, Japan after propellers became stuck in fixed pitch due to electrical problems in either propeller control or propeller power circuits.

59-0535 01-25-61/01-25-61 45586 1501 ATW 03-22-71. Scrapped

59-0536 04-11-61/04-11-61 45587 1501 ATW 06-30-71. First went to SAC Museum, Omaha, NE. Transferred to Air Mobility Command Museum in Summer, 2000. Has been reassembled and looks just as it did on the Travis ramp before 1971. Photo as displayed at SAC Museum until summer 2000.