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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:RB-57A-MA
    Last Military Serial:52-1488 USAF
    Construction Number:071
    Compressed ID:Martin RB-57A-MA sn 52-1488 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RB-57A-MA by Martin at Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

    Circa 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-1488.

    From By 1963 to After 1968

    Transferred to 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Kansas ANG.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By September 1972

    Loaned to New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
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    11 June 1992


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    July 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At New England Air Museum, CT.

    14 October 2007


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    10 October 2015


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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