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    Airframe Family: English Electric Canberra
    Latest Model:RB-57A-MA
    Last Military Serial:52-1480 USAF
    Construction Number:063
    Compressed ID:Martin RB-57A-MA sn 52-1480 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:KS Ang (topeka), 190 ARW/MXM2, Topeka, KS

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RB-57A-MA by Martin at Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

    Circa 9 November 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-1480.

    November 1954

    To 432nd TRG, Shaw AFB, SC.

    Deployed to Blytheville AFB, AR.

    March 1956

    To Warner Robins Air Materiel Area, Robins AFB GA.

    June 1957

    Converted to JRB-57A Canberra.

    June 1957

    To Air Force Missile Test Center, Air Research and Development Command, Patrick AFB, FL.

    By 1963

    Transferred to 117th TRS, 190th TRG, Kansas ANG, NAS Hutchinson, KS.

    Base of operations changed.
    Hutchinson ANGB, KS.

    October 1967

    To Topeka ANGB, KS.
    Topeka ANGB, KS.

    To Kansas ANG 190th Air Refueling Wing, Topeka, KS.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to KS Ang (topeka), 190 ARW/MXM2, Topeka, KS.

    15 February 2013


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Museum of the Kansas National Guard - Topeka - Martin RB-57A Canberra, USAF 52-1480, Part of the Museum collection, however this aircraft is plinth mounted at the main gate of the ANG base about 1 mile north of the main museum

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Best photo of the tail I could get
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