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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:EB-57B
    Last Military Serial:52-1499 USAF
    Construction Number:082
    Compressed ID:Martin EB-57B sn 52-1499 USAF cn 08...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1953

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

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-1499.

    Transferred to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    Circa 1960

    Converted to a JB-57B by Martin.
    Converted for use as a target for high-altitude platforms and for calibration of cameras.

    May 1964

    Loaned to Lear Jet Corporation.

    March 1966

    Converted to a B-57B by Martin.

    1967

    Transferred to 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, 8th Bomb Squadron, Phan Rang, Vietnam.

    15 October 1969

    Assigned to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

    12 May 1972

    Transferred to Robins AFB, GA.

    August 1972

    Converted to an EB-57B by Martin.

    Circa 1973


    Photographer: NDANG

    June 1977

    Transferred to 117th Defense Systems Evaluations Squadron, 190th Defense Systems Evaluation Group, Kansas ANG, Forbes Field, KS.

    March 1979

    Transferred to 134th Defense Evaluations Squadron, Vermont ANG, Burlington, VT.

    20 August 1981

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Flown directly to the museum.
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    21 July 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    18 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    2010

    Restoration completed.
    Restored back to its Southeast Asia War bomber configuration.

    2010


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: New paint scheme

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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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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