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    Airframe Family: Boeing B345 / B-29/B-50/P2B/F-13 Superfrotress / Tu-4
    Latest Model:B-29-75-BW Superfortress
    Last Military Serial:44-70064 USAAF
    Construction Number:10896
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-29-75-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-70064.

    From February 1957 to By 1980

    To NAS China Lake, CA.
    In open storage on a target range.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    3 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 44-70064 - B-29A Superfortress - ex-USAF - China Lake / Naval Weapons Center

    1980

    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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    Restored.
    Restored from components obtained from wrecks at China Lake. The tail came from 44-6135. The Wings came from 44-84084. The nose and fuselage came from 44-70064.

    1986


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn

    By 1991

    Markings Applied: RAZN HELL, 461535
    It has the markings of the 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb. Group in the Korean War era, when the group was at Kadena AB, Okinawa. The nose art is an accurate reproduction of what it had in 1950.

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    19 April 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Castle Air Museum

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    27 November 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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