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Boeing YB-52 Stratofortress 49-0231
Boeing YB-52 Stratofortress 49-0231 (msn 16249). The second B-52, initially ordered as an XB-52 and made the first B-52 flight on 15 April 1952, due to XB-52 49-230 having a hydraulic snag. Donated to the United States Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio but scrapped in the mid 1960s apparently as a result of President Lyndon Johnsons wifes proposal to clean up surplus military hardware. Date: 1958
Media ID 21131723
© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
1952 1958 Apparently B 52 Boeing Clean Donated Hardware Hydraulic Initially Johnsons Lyndon Ohio Ordered Patterson Proposal Result Scrapped Stratofortress Surplus Wifes Wright
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