Aircraft Photo of 37-469 | Douglas B-18A Bolo | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #452828
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:37-469
Military Code:R-33
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas B-18 Bolo
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas B-18/C-58 Bolo
Aircraft Version:Douglas B-18A Bolo
C/n (msn):2469
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFBMap
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KDWF   IATA: -   Local: DWF   Other: -
Collection:United States Air Force Museum
 
Photo Date:19 September 1987
Photo by:Glenn Chatfield
Photo ID: 452828
Photo Comment

1938: TOS USAAC, assigned to Wright Field, Dayton, OH and used for evaluation testing. 10/1942: Declared restricted and relegated to utility work. 1946: G.H. Baldwin with c/r NC56847. 1954: Two owners operated it for crop dusting. 1965: WFU, stored at Tucson, AZ.. 3/71: Ferried from Albuquerque to the Air Force Museum. 1980 to 1982: Restored and marked as a plane with the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron in 1939. Rare retractable turret was recovered by Darryl Greenamyer from a belly-landed B-18 high atop a Hawaiian mountain.

This photo is copyright © Glenn Chatfield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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