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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-40-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:56-0687 USAF
    Construction Number:464058
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-40-BW sn 56-0687 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Memorial Park, Orlando International Airport (North East Side), Orlando, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

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

    30 September 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0687.

    7 October 1957

    To 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    31 March 1963

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    28 January 1966

    Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    31 May 1967

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    1 November 1967

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    10 November 1967

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    17 June 1969

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    7 February 1971

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    20 October 1972

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    17 November 1972

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    10 July 1973

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

    11 October 1973

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing, U-Tapao RTNB, Thailand.

    17 May 1974

    Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam.

    4 June 1974

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

    28 September 1974

    Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam.

    1 October 1974

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing, U-Tapao RTNB, Thailand.

    6 March 1975

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

    8 June 1975

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing, U-Tapao RTNB, Thailand.

    26 August 1976

    Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam.

    1 November 1979

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

    After 19 February 1984

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

    Loaned to City of Orlando, Orlando, FL.

    To Memorial Park, Orlando International Airport (North East Side), Orlando, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    14 November 1987


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: B-52D Stratofortress in Memorial Park at Orlando in November 1987 - a memorial to the SAC crews based at what was then McCoy AFB

    19 December 2006


    Photographer: Richard Lane

    19 December 2006


    Photographer: Richard Lane

    19 December 2006


    Photographer: Richard Lane

    26 March 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 Photo at Mermorial Park, Orlando Airport, Florida

    26 March 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 Photo at Mermorial Park, Orlando Airport, Florida
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     The Stratofortress Catalog by Richard Serrano
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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