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    Airframe Family: Douglas B-42 / B-43
    Latest Model:XB-42A Mixmaster
    Last Military Serial:43-50224 USAF
    Construction Number:27224
    Compressed ID:Douglas XB-42A sn 43-50224 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    From October 1943 to May 1944

    Constructed as a XB-42.
    Ordered as XA-42, but designation changed 26 November 1943.

    May 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-50224.

    6 May 1944

    First flight.
    Flown by Bob Brush and taking off from the Palm Springs Army Airfield in California.

    By 30 September 1944

    Made 42 flights and accumulated over 34 flight hours.

    By September 1945

    Total of around 150 flights, with the aircraft accumulating around 125 flight hours.

    By 25 June 1946

    Made 168 flights and had flown around 144.5 hours.

    From 26 June 1946 to October 1946

    Converted to a XB-42A.
    Added a jet engine under each wing.

    27 May 1947

    First flight as XB-42A, at Muroc Air Base, CA.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-50224.

    Circa 1948


    Photographer: USAF

    30 June 1949

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    30 June 1949

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    1949

    To Smithsonian National Air Museum, Paul Garber Restoration Facility, Suitland, MD.
    The airframe was gifted to the Smithsonian in 1949, but it is unclear when it may have been placed in storage at the Paul Garber facility.

    2010

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    19 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In the NMUSAF restoration facility

    19 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Old Machine Press
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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