by Larry A Brechner

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Boeing WB-50D Superfortress

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At first glance, this aircraft appears to be a Boeing B-29 Superfortress in a 1960 style Air Force paint scheme. It is however the successor post-war upgrade to the B-29 designated as a B-50, with four 3,500 hp Pratt & Whitney R-4360s engines and other upgrades still essentially on the B-29 airframe, serving as a medium bomber from 1948-1954. Replaced in its strategic bombing role by the jet-powered B-47, they subsequently served in various roles. With the older B-29s being used weather reconnaissance aircraft (WB-29), 36 of these aircraft were converted to replace them as WB-50D in that role until the mid-1960s when they were retired. This particular WB-50D was the last of its kind to be retired and arrived in 1968 at the museum.

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