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    Airframe Family: North American B-45 Tornado
    Latest Model:JQB-45 Tornado
    Last Military Serial:47-0008 USAF
    Construction Number:147-43408
    Compressed ID:NA JQB-45 sn 47-0008 USAF cn 147-43...
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1947

    Constructed as a B-45A-1-NA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 47-0008.

    From 1963 to 1980

    Transferred to Naval Weapons Center, NAS China Lake, CA.

    Converted to a JQB-45.

    Placed in open storage at China Lake.

    Recovered.
    Retrieved from China Lake.

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

    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    1980

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
    Trucked dismantled from China Lake to the Castle museum at Atwater.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: US AIR FORCE, 7008, BE-008
    A B-45C canopy was fitted during the restoration.

    By October 1984


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Castle AFB Museum in Atwater,

    By 1991

    Markings Applied: 08, 7008, BE-008

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    By 2010

    Markings Applied: 08, 7008, BE-008
    Badge removed from starboard side of nose.

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    1 May 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA, USA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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