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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-40-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:56-0689 USAF
    Construction Number:464060
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-40-BW sn 56-0689 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire / Cambs, England

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    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-40-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0689.

    Transferred to 7th Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, TX.

    4 October 1983

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Carswell AFB, TX to RAF Brize Norton.

    8 October 1983

    Ferry flight.
    Ferried from RAF Brize Norton, UK to Duxford, UK.

    July 1996


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    Placed on display with Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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    2 October 2018


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Boeing B-52D 56-0689 in the American Air Museum.Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.ILCE-7M2 + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS1/125 @ f/8 ISO 400 @ 16 mm (effective FL)

    2 October 2018


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Boeing B-52D 56-0689 in the American Air Museum.Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.ILCE-7M2 + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS1/125 @ f/8 ISO 400 @ 16 mm (effective FL)
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