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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-111
    Latest Model:F-111E
    Last Military Serial:68-0055 USAF
    Construction Number:A1-224/E-65
    Compressed ID:GD F-111E sn 68-0055 USAF cn A1-224...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-111E.

    Circa 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-0055.

    By July 1976

    Transferred to 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire.

    Markings Applied: UH

    27 June 1981


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-111E of 55 Tactical Fighter Squadron/20 Tactical Fighter Wing at RAF Upper Heyford on display at the 1981 International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire.

    By July 1981


    Photographer: Unknown

    Circa 1993


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: 55th FS, 20th FW. Heartbreaker was the flagship of the 55th FS.

    Circa 1993


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Close up of the noseart after arriving in the USA from RAF Upper Heyford. Note the Commander and Dedicated Crew Chief markings underneath the cockpit as well.

    11 December 1993

    Was one of the last three F-111s to leave RAF Upper Heyford.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to WR-ALC/MU, Robins AFB, GA.

    By 2013

    Placed on display with Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
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    By 2013

    Markings Applied: HEARTBREAKER

    Circa 2013


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA. Editor note: It was originally thought this photo was taken by April 1988, but this F-111 did not arrive at the museum until around 2013.

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: At the Museum of Aviation, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA.

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: At the Museum of Aviation, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA.

    17 July 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Museum of Aviation, Warner-Robins, GA.
    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
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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