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    Airframe Family: Boeing B345 / B-29/B-50/P2B/F-13 Superfrotress / Tu-4
    Latest Model:TB-29 Superfortress
    Last Military Serial:44-70113 USAF
    Construction Number:10945
    Compressed ID:Boeing TB-29 sn 44-70113 USAF cn 10...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-29-80-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-70113.

    Circa May 1945

    To 883rd BS, 500th BG, Isely Airfield, Saipan.
    Markings added: Ancient Mariner, 58

    Markings Applied: Miss Marilyn Gay

    From May 1945 to After August 1945

    Flew 27 combat missions, 3 fighters shot down with additional 3 probables and 5 immediate post-war POW missions.

    17 September 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-70113.

    Transferred to 580th Air Resupply Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, ID.

    Transferred to 581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa.

    By 1952

    Transferred to 3200th Proof Test Group, Eglin AFB, FL.

    13 October 1952

    Damaged.
    Mid-air collision 6 miles south of Eglin AFB, FL. Pilot was John F. English.

    By 1954

    Transferred to 582nd Air Rescue Squadron, RAF Molesworth, 1954.
    Operated with markings: Hoof Hearted

    Converted to a TB-29.

    1956

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    1956

    Transferred to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
    Used as a target for weapons testing.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1973

    To Florence Air and Missile Museum, Florence, SC.
    Stored dismantled and never displayed.
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    By 1973

    Markings Applied: 58, Z

    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Loaned to 94 MXG/MXO, Dobbins Arb, GA.

    December 1994

    Placed on display with Dobbins ARB (North Side), Atlanta, GA.
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    10 February 2005


    Photographer: John Bennett

    10 February 2005


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Dobbins ARB / Marietta, GA, U.S.A.

    11 September 2021


    Photographer: Steven M. Dennis

    11 September 2021


    Photographer: Steven M. Dennis

    To United States Army.
    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 2016 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Accident Report.com by Michael Stowe
    Aerodata Quantum+
    Air Force Historical Research Agency
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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