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    Airframe Family: Boeing B345 / B-29/B-50/P2B/F-13 Superfrotress / Tu-4
    Latest Model:WB-50D Superfortress
    Last Military Serial:49-0351 USAF
    Construction Number:16127
    Compressed ID:Boeing WB-50D sn 49-0351 USAF cn 16...
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-50D-120-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Circa 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-0351.

    Converted to a WB-50D.

    From 7 March 1965 to 1972

    Assigned to MASDC, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

    From 14 March 1972 to 1980

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    10 August 1980

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1980

    Restored.
    Overhauled for a ferry flight.

    15 December 1980

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered from Davis Monthan AFB to Castle AFB Museum.

    Placed on display with Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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    Markings Applied: FLIGHT OF THE Phoenix, 0-90351

    By October 1984


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Castle AFB Museum in Atwater,

    By 1991

    Markings Applied: Flight of the Phoenix, 0-90351
    Very feint Circle M can be seen on rudder (replacement?).

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    2007

    Markings Applied: FLIGHT OF THE Phoenix, WEATHER, 0-90351
    Refurbished in USAF/MATS/Weather markings.

    26 May 2007


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Missing all signs at Castle Aviation Museum, CA

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    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
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Wendell Montague
    Robert Nichols
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