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The Connie never went to the boneyard for storage at Davis Monthan AFB...she went to Florence SC to be treated like a '66 Olds junker by the hammer heads that abandoned it there. Dave Hill, Connie Crew 1982

I cried when I first saw the pictures of GD12 laying on the ground as junk. I was the last "qualifiied" aircrew on her until we retired her in 1982.

Nice photo, sad story. Added to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Monthan_Air_Force_Bas... Thanks for posting these!

Bill Parsons FE'd this bird at VAQ-33......Retired after they retired the Connie,.Anyone remember Bill?

I Turned up that bird while on Midway

Flew as a flight tech (in-flight electronic repair) on that and many other planes assigned to AEWBARRONPAC during 1963-1964 time frame. Midway deployment with high anticipation of return to BP. Great picture and great memories!

Served as a radar repair technician (AT2) and worked on the equipment in this plane and others from 1959 to 1961 while a part of the AEWBARRONPAC at both Barbers Point Naval Station, Hawaii and Midway Island. Lots of memories seeing these pictures.

Flew as radioman - Jackson McGinley

Flew out of Midway as radioman

That's a lot of hills down there to be the coast of Florida. How about Puerto Rico, where VW-4 was based during 1960-1965?

kissmytote Could be!

This powerful beauty got Crew 2 through Hurricane Camille and many of her sister storms in 1969. Proud to be a Naval Aircrewman!