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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-55-BO Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:55-0071 USAF
    Construction Number:17187
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-55-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-0071.

    By September 1975

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

    Transferred to 43rd Bombardment Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

    Markings Applied: Calamity Jane, 0071

    29 August 1983

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number BC0322.

    February 1985

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    February 1985

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Brookley Industiral Airport, Mobile, AL.

    February 1985

    At Brookley, aircraft was demilled and all explosives and flammable liquids were removed.

    June 1985

    Aircraft transferred to a barge, and then barged to the Battleship Alabama Memorial Park.

    June 1985

    Loaned to USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
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    26 October 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    26 October 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    4 November 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    4 November 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols


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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols

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