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Description
| Notes: Low cantilever wing utility transport. Military version of beech J-50 (1 CREW, 5 PASSENGERS) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Beechcraft | |
| Base model: | U-8 | |
| Designation: | U-8 | |
| Version: | D | |
| Nickname: | Seminole | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1952-Present | |
| Basic role: | Utility | |
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Specifications
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Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| South Dakota Air and Space Museum | Ellsworth AFB | South Dakota |
| United States Army Transportation Museum | Fort Eustis | Virginia |
U-8D on display
Pima Air & Space Museum | United States Army Transportation Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Phil Carter Edgewater, FL | I was a 35R20 airborne radar repairman in the 146th Aviation Company (RR) after it relocated to Can Tho, 1972-73. I was in country when the war ended. My MOS was responsible for maintaining the doppler radar navigation system and radar altimeter on the U-8D. 04/23/2012 @ 10:21 [ref: 56423] |
| Bruce Gibson Faith, NC | I was with the 146th avn. co., 1970-71 in Viet Nam. AS the morse intercept operator I flew many missions in the U8's. Would love to see the planes on display at the memorial at Ft. Meade. 12/31/2011 @ 06:19 [ref: 51761] |
| Greg Broadhurst Athens, OH | I was an ELINT crewmember aboard an especially equipped
RU-8d flying out of Ton Son Nhut AB (VIETNAM) during and after the TET Offensive, late January thru March 1968 with the 146th Avn Co.(RR). A black painted example is exhibited at NSA National Intelligence Park in Ft Meade, Md. Chau ahng to former "Snoopers". 10/01/2011 @ 12:15 [ref: 49342] |
| Bob Derrick , GA | I worked on U8-D, U8-G, U8-F from 1968-1978. I was stationed in Hawaii, Hunter AAF, 3rd Army Flight Det, Ft Knox, Ky. I was also an instructor at Ft Eustis in 1977-78. 06/12/2009 @ 16:07 [ref: 24235] |
| Richard Reed Seattle, WA | There's an RU-8D spook airplane on display across the street from the NSA at Fort GG Meade in Maryland, right off the Wash-Bal Parkway. It's co-located with a spook C-130 and a spook A3D.
The U-8 is done up in a slick black paint job, and has all kinds of antennas haging off it. The three-airplane park is a memorial to airmen who perished while spooking. 11/09/2007 @ 08:15 [ref: 18472] |
| Dan Croker Tacoma,, WA | I worked on U-8D,G,&F & the last place was at Forscom Flight Det. Fulton County Airport, near Atlanta,Gergia in 1977 10/14/2007 @ 22:05 [ref: 18190] |
| Dave Cassell Fairmont, WV | Was in Vietnam 1966-68 and flew many, many missions in the U8-d. Was with the 138th Anv Co in Danang. the aircraft was used for direction finding. loaded with radio gear we would fly around, identify a target using their raido call, all in morse code, and get a fix on them. one of these aircraft is on display at Ft. Eustis, VA. Needless to say I was excited see the u8-d at the musuem. 08/03/2007 @ 16:47 [ref: 17443] |
| Don Hillard , WI | I was a crew chief on a U-8D at the Aviation Detachment U.S. Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany 1963-1966. We called the outfit TWA (Teeny-Weeny Airlines) flew senior officers all over Europe in those things. Good duty considering that the alternative was Vietnam. 07/13/2005 @ 15:42 [ref: 10740] |
| KEVIN ABBOTT weymouth, MA | i worked on all the moldes of the U-8 AIRCRAFT FROM RU-8D, RU-8F, U-8D,U-8G, U-8F 11/15/2004 @ 12:45 [ref: 8630] |
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