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    Airframe Family: Bell P-59
    Latest Model:P-59B-1-BE Airacomet
    Last Military Serial:44-22650 USAF
    Construction Number:27-58
    Compressed ID:Bell P-59B-1-BE sn 44-22650 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-59B-1-BE by Bell at Buffalo, NY, USA.

    By 30 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-22650.
    Delivered before contract was cancelled on 30 October 1944.

    Transferred to NACA Laboratory, Cleveland, OH.

    1947

    Transferred to Kirtland AFB, NM.
    Operated with markings: PJ-650
    Operated here for test flights.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-22650.

    1950

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    By 1951

    Placed on display.
    Headquarters, Kirtland AFB, NM.

    1953

    Transferred to New Mexico ANG, Kirtland AFB, NM.
    Assigned for use as Ground Instruction Aircraft.

    February 1956

    Transported by air. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
    Airlifted from Kirtland AFB, NM by C-124.
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    July 1971

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    18 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     United States Military Aircraft Since 1909 by Swanborough and Bowers
    Internet Sources
     Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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