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    Airframe Family: Boeing B345 / B-29/B-50/P2B/F-13 Superfrotress / Tu-4
    Latest Model:KB-29P Superfortress
    Last Military Serial:44-84007 USAF
    Compressed ID:Boeing KB-29P sn 44-84007 USAF
    Latest Owner or Location:509th Air Refueling Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, Walker AFB, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-29-50-BA by Bell at Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

    21 June 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-84007.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-84007.

    Converted to a KB-29P.
    Modified by Boeing in Seattle, WA.

    Transferred to 420th Air Refueling Squadron, RAF Sculthorpe, England.


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    Transferred to 509th Air Refueling Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, Walker AFB, NM.

    23 September 1953

    Damaged.
    Accident due to weather 40 miles S of Walker AFB, NM. Repaired and returned to service.

    16 January 1955

    Scrapped.
    Reclaimed at Tinker AFB, OK.
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