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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:WB-57F
    Last Military Serial:925 NASA
    Last Civil Registration:N925NA
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RB-57D by Martin.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3975.

    Equipped for midair refuelling.

    Converted to a RB-57F by Martin.

    Circa 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-13501.

    By 1972

    Transferred to Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    Converted to a WB-57F by Martin.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 925.

    Assigned civil registration: N925NA

    From 19 July 1972 to By 1982

    Transferred to NASA, Ellington AFB, TX.

    13 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: NASA WB-57F Canberra ex USAF 63-13501 seen as Earth Survey Aircraft number 3 at Ellington AFB, Texas in October 1978

    15 September 1982

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number BM0141.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    By 1990

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At The Pima Air and Space Museum, Arizona.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 November 2012


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: in restoration area
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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