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    Airframe Family: Boeing B345 / B-29/B-50/P2B/F-13 Superfrotress / Tu-4
    Latest Model:KB-29M Superfortress
    Last Military Serial:44-69729 USN
    Construction Number:10561
    Compressed ID:Boeing KB-29M sn 44-69729 USN cn 10...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-29-60-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    4 January 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-69729.

    January 1945

    Transferred to 874th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, Isley Field, Saipan.

    Circa 1945

    Transferred to 875th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, Isley Field, Saipan.
    Completed 39 bombing missions with the 875th.

    October 1945

    Base of operations changed.
    March Field, CA.

    January 1946

    Base of operations changed.
    MacDill Army Air Field, FL.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-69729.

    From June 1949 to January 1950

    Converted to a KB-29M.
    Converted by Boeing.

    Circa February 1950

    Transferred to 55th Air Refueling Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Group, Ramey AFB, PR.
    Operated with markings: Tillie the Tanker

    10 October 1952

    Base of operations changed.
    Forbes AFB, KS.

    10 October 1952

    Transferred to 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Forbes AFB, KS.
    Unit name changed.

    30 August 1954

    Transferred to Biggs AFB, TX.

    By 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 44-69729.

    By 1956

    Transferred to Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, CA.
    Used as a ground target for weapons testing.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    1986

    Loaned to Lowry Heritage Museum, Lowry AFB, CO.

    1987

    Restored.

    1992

    To Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
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    13 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Museum of Flight

    13 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Museum of Flight

    November 1996


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at the SAC Weekend.

    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo outside Museum of Flight, Seattle

    5 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Seattle - Boeing Field, Washington, U.S.A
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