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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:EB-57B
    Last Military Serial:52-1548 USAF
    Construction Number:131
    Latest Owner or Location:South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-57B-MA by Martin at Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

    Circa 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-1548.

    Transferred to 3510th Combat Crew Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX.

    Circa 1962

    Converted to an EB-57B by Martin.

    Circa 1962

    Transferred to 4758th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron, Biggs AFB, TX.

    1968

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

    By 1974

    Transferred to 117th Defense Systems Evaluations Squadron, 190th Defense Systems Evaluation Group, Kansas ANG, Forbes Field, KS.

    From March 1979 to 1981

    Transferred to 134th Defense Systems Evaluations Squadron, Vermont ANG, Burlington, VT.

    4 March 1980


    Photographer: Peter B Lewis / San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
    Notes: At McClellan AFB

    Circa 1981

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 28 BW/MU, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    Circa 1981

    Placed on display with South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD.
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    14 September 1997


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    1 August 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 June 2019

    12 June 2019

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