WARBIRD REGISTRY > JET REGISTRY > STRATOFORTRESS REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE

B-52 STRATOFORTRESS/52-8711



Bureau #: 52-8711
Construction #: -
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  B-52B
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 1995

History:
Manufactured by Boeing Aircraft, Seattle WA.
Delivered to United States Air Force as 52-8711, June 28, 1955.
- First operational B-52 assigned to Strategic Air Command (SAC).
- Assigned To 93rd Bombardment (Heavy) Wing (SAC), Castle AFB, CA, June 1955.
- Transferred To 22nd Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), March AFB, CA, December 1963.
- Dropped from inventory by transfer to the Strategic Air & Space Museum, Sept. 29, 1965.
Strategic Air & Space Museum, Ashland, NE, 1965-2006.

Source(s):
Preserved US Military Aircraft.
Photo Source(s):
Allen Jones

Research Assistance:
Allen Jones


WARBIRD REGISTRY > JET REGISTRY > STRATOFORTRESS REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE