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    Airframe Family: Boeing B345 / B-29/B-50/P2B/F-13 Superfrotress / Tu-4
    Latest Model:F-13 Superfortress
    Last Military Serial:45-21768 USAAF
    Construction Number:13662
    Last Civil Registration:N70887
    Compressed ID:Boeing F-13 sn 45-21768 USAAF cn 13...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kee Bird Limited Liability Company, Ocala, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-29-95-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    9 August 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 45-21768.
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    14 August 1945

    Transferred to Tinker Army Air Field, Oklahoma City, OK.
    Sent to Tinker for combat outfitting.

    6 December 1945

    Assigned to Davis-Monthan Army Air Field, Tucson, AZ for storage.

    27 August 1946

    Transferred to 46th Reconnaissance Squadron, Ladd Army Airfield, Fairbanks, AK.

    Circa 1946

    Converted to a F-13.

    21 February 1947

    Crashed.
    Force landed on a lake in NW Greenland.

    17 April 1947

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Force.

    July 1994

    Recovery attempt started.

    8 August 1994

    To Kee Bird Limited Liability Company, Ocala, FL with new c/r N70887.

    21 May 1995

    Caught fire in taxi test during recovery attempt. Subsequently abandoned.

    19 July 2013

    Civil registration, N70887, cancelled.

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