Photographer: Dale Garrett. USAF serial number: 52-1576

USAF: Serial Number 52-1576.

USAF Serial Number: 52-1576. Stored for future museum at Edwards AFB.

Photographer: Peter Mancus. USAF Serial Number 52-1576.

USAF Serial Number 52-1576.

Just arrived at the MASDC storage center.

Del 18 Feb 1953 96 ABW/MU Preserved at USAF Armament Museum, Valparaiso Eglin Air Force Base, FL.

Ex USAF 52-1576. Carried several NASA serials over its life: NASA 237, NASA 807, N637N and N516NA. Withdrawn from use and stored in 1982. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

This aircraft is in fact serial 53-3957.

Photographer: Robert Mikesh

Photographer: Robert Mikesh

Photographer: David Menard

The photo shows a shield on the forward fuselage ahead of the engine. The shield showed across the top the letters ARDC, underneath following the curve of the shield it was written Air Force Special Weapons Center. Aircraft was reconverted from NB-57B to combat configuration, it was lost after being hit by ground fire over Laos 22nd September 1968. The crew was rescued. Reference Joe Baugher's page.

The photo was taken at RAAF East Sale in late 1961 or early 1962. It had a number of deployments in the early 1960s to RAAF East Sale with other B-57Bs as part of the USAF Crowflight deployments. Early 1962 it was back at East Sale in the same role of medium-level air sampling the filters were located in the special wingtip pods. Later in 1962, the USAF moved the Crowflight deployments to RAAF Laverton with Laverton hosting U-2s. The B-57Bs were stationed at the Avalon airfield. This aircraft sadly crashed after take-off from Laverton with the loss of both the crew on the 1962-09-17.

The photo was taken at RAAF East Sale in late 1961 or early 1962. It had a number of deployments in the early 1960s to RAAF Base East Sale with other B-57Bs as part of the USAF Crowflight deployments. The aircraft had the designation NB-57B painted, on the forward left fuselage just forward of the cockpit. Early 1962 it was back at East Sale in the same role of medium-level air sampling the filters were located in the special wingtip pods. Joe Baugher's page indicates this aircraft was written 14th January 1980.

The photo was taken at RAAF East Sale in late 1961 or early 1962. It had a number of deployments in the early 1960s to RAAF East Sale with other B-57Bs as part of the USAF Crowflight deployments. Early 1962 it was back at East Sale in the same role of medium-level air sampling the filters were located in the special wingtip pods. Later in 1962, the USAF moved the Crowflight deployments to RAAF Laverton with Laverton hosting U-2s. The B-57Bs were stationed at the Avalon airfield. This aircraft sadly crashed after take-off from Laverton with the loss of both the crew on the 1962-09-17. Fuselage data show the B-57Bs having the designation NB-57B, for special weapons trials.

Crashed departing Laverton the next day, killing the crew. It was suspected the pilot attempted a climbing roll after takeoff as performed by an RAAF Canberra during the air show. However RAAF Canberra engines were fitted with fuel accumulators that ensured a fuel supply when inverted. USAF B-57 engines were not.