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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:44-83906 USAF
    Compressed ID:Boeing KB-29P sn 44-83906 USAF
    Latest Owner or Location:420th Air Refueling Squadron, Third Air Force, RAF Sculthorpe, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-29B-45-BA by Bell at Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

    3 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-83906.

    May 1945

    To 501st Bomb Group, 315th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force, Guam.

    26 July 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-83906.

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

    By July 1952

    Transferred to 91st Air Refueling Squadron, 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group, Lockbourne AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: Regina Coeli

    7 July 1952

    Damaged.
    Accident while landing at Castle AFB, CA. Repaired and returned to service.

    Circa 1955

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

    19 May 1956


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Burtonwood during Armed Forces Day 1956.

    2 February 1957

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Destroyed after colliding in midair with 44-69846 over Saint Lo, Normandy, France, Feb 2, 1957. Total of 11 fatalities from both aircraft.
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