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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:EB-57D
    Last Military Serial:53-3982 USAF
    Construction Number:006
    Compressed ID:Martin EB-57D sn 53-3982 USAF cn 00...
    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 RB-57D by Martin.

    1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3982.

    May 1956

    Transferred to 4025th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Light), 4080th SRW, Turner AFB, GA.

    From 1957 to June 1960

    Base of operations changed.
    Laughlin AFB, TX.

    By 1968

    Converted to an EB-57D by Martin.

    From September 1968 to Circa 1978

    Transferred to 4677th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron, Hill AFB, UT.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By 1979

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    16 October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    18 June 2002

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number BM143.

    By 2004

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Markings Applied: BA-982
    Marked as when operated by 4025th SRS(L) in late 1950s.

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    7 June 2024


    Photographer: Austin Newman
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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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    USAF Orders of Battle
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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