| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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: | 452858 |
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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. It was added on 12 April 2022, and has since been viewed 267 times. |