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Constructed as an A-26C-35-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. |
May 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-35552. |
May 1945 |
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To 140th AAF Base Unit (Air Training Command), Moody AAF, GA. |
By September 1945 |
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Transferred to 112th Army Air Force Base Unit, Westover Army Air Field, MA. |
27 September 1945 |
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Damaged.
Aircraft suffered structural failure. |
October 1945 |
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Transferred to 138th AAF Base Unit (Continental Air Force), Lake Charles AAF, LA. |
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Transferred to 47th Bombardment Group [Medium], Sioux City AAF, IA. |
March 1946 |
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Transferred to 307th AAF Base Unit (Tactical Air Command), Lake Charles AAF, LA. |
May 1946 |
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Assigned to 4160th AF Base Unit (Air Material Command), Hill AFB, UT for storage. |
After May 1946 |
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Redesignated as RB-26C. |
18 September 1947 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-35552. |
April 1952 |
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Transferred to 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (TAC), Shaw AFB, SC. |
April 1954 |
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Transferred to 183rd TRS (Night Photography), 117th TRG, Mississippi ANG, Hawkins Field, Jackson, MS.
Operated with markings: BC-552 |
March 1958 |
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Assigned to Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch (AMC), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage. |
July 1958 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force. |
From 1962 to 1972 |
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To Rosenbalm Aviation, Medford, OR with new c/r N5544V. |
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Operated as fire service #F12. |
26 December 1968 |
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Photographer: Ron Olsen |
From Circa 1972 to 1981 |
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To Dempsay, East Wenatchee, WA keeping c/r N5544V. |
17 August 1973 |
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Photographer: Ron Olsen |
3 September 1973 |
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Photographer: Ron Olsen |
3 September 1973 |
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Photographer: Ron Olsen |
31 December 1979 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NR5544V (A-26C, 44-35552) issued. |
June 1981 |
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To Kinney Air Tankers, Richey, MT keeping c/r N5544V. |
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Operated as fire service #104. |
From 20 February 1985 to Circa 2008 |
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To Duane D. Sly DBA, Platte, SD keeping c/r N5544V. |
From 1992 to 2003 |
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Placed on display with Bonanzaville Museum, West Fargo, ND. |
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Markings Applied: ND ANG, 435523
Painted with North Dakota ANG markings and erroneous tail number. |
9 August 1994 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Bonanzaville, West Fargo, ND |
1995 |
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Placed on display with Bonanzaville USA-Eagles Air Museum, West Fargo, Fargo, ND.
 View the Location Dossier |
After 1995 |
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Photographer: Bob Clarke via Fargo Air Museum Archives |
After 1995 |
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Photographer: Bob Clarke via Fargo Air Museum Archives |
4 March 1997 |
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To Duane D. Sly DBA, Platte, SD keeping c/r N5544V. |
August 2008 |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
View the Location Dossier |
August 2008 |
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Loaned to 436 AW/MU, Dover AFB, DE. |
August 2008 |
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Placed on display with Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE.
View the Location Dossier |
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Markings Applied: 435523
These tail markings were applied before the airframe came to the museum. |
By 18 July 2009 |
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Markings Applied: 23
Number added to nose. |
18 July 2009 |
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Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
Notes: This aircraft was moved from North Dakota as part of a training exercise in 2007. Restoration was complete by 2009 for display |
13 May 2018 |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: at Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE |
