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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:EB-57E
    Last Military Serial:55-4253 USAF
    Construction Number:355
    Compressed ID:Martin EB-57E sn 55-4253 USAF cn 35...
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-57E-MA by Martin at Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

    1 October 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-4253.

    20 October 1956

    Transferred to 4750th Air Defense Wing, Vincent AFB, AZ.

    21 May 1958

    Transferred to 4756th AD Wing, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    3 September 1959

    Transferred to 4750th, MacDill AFB, FL.

    23 September 1964

    Converted to an EB-57E by Martin.

    From 1965 to 1968

    Transferred to Ramstein AB, Germany.

    1969

    Transferred to Stewart AFB.

    Transferred to Otis AFB.

    From Unknown to 1972

    Transferred to Westover AFB.

    By January 1974

    Transferred to 17th DSE SQ, Malstrom AFB, MT.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA.

    1989

    Transported by ground.
    Broken down and shipped to Castle.

    19 April 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Castle Air Museum.

    To Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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    Restored.

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    27 November 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Castle Air Museum, Atwater, California.
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     Mike Henniger
    Roy Simmons
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