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B-57 Canberra/52-1551



Serial #: 52-1551
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  B-57B
  RB-57B
  EB-57B
Name: None
Status: Stored?
Last info: 2003

History:
Delivered to United States Air Force as 52-1551.
- BOC: January 21, 1955.
- SOC: 1981.
- Assigned to 345th Tactical Bombardment Group, Langley AFB, VA, 1955.
- Transferred to 165th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron/123rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Kentucky ANG, Louisville, KT, 1959.
- Reconfigured as bomber, 1965.
- Transferred to 8th Bomb Squadron, Clark AFB, Phillipines, March 20, 1967.
-- Deployed to Vietnam.
-- Last U.S Bomber based in Vietnam, departed, Oct. 15, 1969.
- Converted to EB-57B, August 1972.
- Transferred to the 4713th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron, Westover AFB, MA, November 1973.
- Transferred to 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron/190th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Kansas ANG, Forbes AFB, Hutchinson, KS, 1977.
- Transferred to 134th DSES, 158th Defense Systems Evaluation Group, Vermont ANG, Burlington, VT, August 1978-1981.
NASM, Washington DC, 1981-2003

Source(s):
Preserved US Military Aircraft.
NASM
Photo Source(s):
None.

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