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    Airframe Family: Boeing B345 / B-29/B-50/P2B/F-13 Superfrotress / Tu-4
    Latest Model:B-29-35-MO Superfortress
    Last Military Serial:44-27297 USAAF
    Construction Number:3615
    Compressed ID:Martin B-29-35-MO sn 44-27297 USAAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a B-29-35-MO by Martin at Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

    19 April 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-27297.

    April 1945

    Transferred to 509th Composite Group, 393rd Composite Squadron, Wendover Army Air Field, UT.

    1945

    Converted to Silverplate Victor number 77.

    Markings Applied: Bockscar, 77

    9 August 1945

    Dropped Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

    11 September 1946

    Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.

    1959


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    26 September 1961

    Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
    Flown to the museum for display.
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    1961


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    March 1968


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy by permission

    17 October 1970

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    17 October 1970


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    19 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    4 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    Circa 2019


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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