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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-10-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:55-0057 USAF
    Construction Number:464009
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-10-BW sn 55-0057 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-10-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-0057.

    1956

    Transferred to 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME.

    Circa 1963

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.
    Deployed to Vietnam for combat operations.

    To 99th Bomb Wing, Westover Air Force Base, MA.
    Deployed to Vietnam for combat operations.

    By 1972

    Transferred to 306th Bomb Wing, McCoy AFB, FL.
    Deployed to Vietnam for combat operations, including operation Linebacker I and II.

    Transferred to 7th Bombardment Wing, Carswell AFB, TX.

    29 October 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: B-52D Stratofortress of the 7th Bombardment Wing undergoing maintenance at Kelly AFB in October 1979.

    11 October 1983

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Maxwell AFB, AL.
    14, 204 flying hours, with over 300 combat missions.

    October 1983

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By November 1983

    Loaned to 42 CONS/LGCM-3, Maxwell AFB, AL.

    By November 1983

    Placed on display with Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL.
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    14 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide

    14 October 2008


    Photographer: Richard Lane
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Maxwell AFB Library
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
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