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    Airframe Family: Boeing B345 / B-29/B-50/P2B/F-13 Superfrotress / Tu-4
    Latest Model:EB-29 Superfortress
    Last Military Serial:45-21748 USAF
    Construction Number:13642
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-29-97-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    9 August 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 45-21748.

    August 1945

    To Tinker AAF, OK.

    November 1945

    Assigned to Davis-Monthan AAF, AZ for storage.

    April 1946

    Transferred to Tinker AAF, OK.

    December 1946

    Transferred to 509th Bomb Group, Roswell AAF, NM.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 45-21748.

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Group, Castle AFB, CA.

    Transferred to 97th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill AFB, KS.

    October 1948

    Transferred to San Antonio Air Materiel Area (SAAMA), Kelly AFB, TX.

    January 1950

    Transferred to 2754th Air Base Group, Holloman AAF, NM.

    January 1950

    Converted to an EB-29.

    October 1950

    Transferred to 3345th Technical Training Wing (ATC), Chanute AFB IL.

    July 1952

    Withdrawn from use.
    Ground Trainer.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    June 1954

    Placed on display with Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
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    Circa 15 August 1984


    Photographer: wendell montague
    Notes: taken at Chanute AFB

    To Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM.
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    After 30 September 1993

    To National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM.
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    October 1999


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn

    October 1999


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn

    October 1999


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn

    19 March 2011


    Photographer: Matthew Kromeke

    19 March 2011


    Photographer: Michael Kromeke

    By April 2016

    Markings Applied: BF-748

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    4 October 2019


    Photographer: Richard Talley
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