55-0679 Boeing B-52D Stratofortress cn 464026 US Air Force March Field Air Museum 19Feb19 b
If you look in my March AFB album I have a photo of this very aircraft at March back in 1978 on the main ramp.
The following is from the museum website.
The museum's B-52D, serial number 55-0679, was manufactured by Boeing Aircraft, Wichita, Kansas and delivered to the Air Force on June 5, 1957. During the Vietnam Conflict, it flew 175 combat missions in 41 months from November 1966 to October 1973. In 1975, it was involved in a ground mishap at March AFB that resulted in a broken wing spar permanently grounding the aircraft. 55-0679 last served as a weapons loading trainer before it was declared surplus and assigned to the museum.
Talking to a former B-52 WSO at Torrance Municipal it seems B-52's launched from March to bomb Vietnam with several refueling points along the route, the first being off Catalina Island.
55-0679 Boeing B-52D Stratofortress cn 464026 US Air Force March Field Air Museum 19Feb19 b
If you look in my March AFB album I have a photo of this very aircraft at March back in 1978 on the main ramp.
The following is from the museum website.
The museum's B-52D, serial number 55-0679, was manufactured by Boeing Aircraft, Wichita, Kansas and delivered to the Air Force on June 5, 1957. During the Vietnam Conflict, it flew 175 combat missions in 41 months from November 1966 to October 1973. In 1975, it was involved in a ground mishap at March AFB that resulted in a broken wing spar permanently grounding the aircraft. 55-0679 last served as a weapons loading trainer before it was declared surplus and assigned to the museum.
Talking to a former B-52 WSO at Torrance Municipal it seems B-52's launched from March to bomb Vietnam with several refueling points along the route, the first being off Catalina Island.