United States Air Force - Convair B-36D-1-CF Peacemaker

United States Air Force Convair B-36D-1-CF Peacemaker (msn 23), of the7th Bombardment Wing, at Detroit, Michigan. Built as a Consolidated B-36B-1-CF Peacemaker, first flown 8 July 1948. Accepted by USAF 25 November 1948. Carried out flight tests of RB-36D radomes and propeller vibration. Allotted to the 7th Bombardment Wing at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, TX. Converted to B-36D-10-CF by Convair at Fort Worth, TX. Damaged by a tornado at Carswell AFB on 1 September 52 when the aircraft was blown into visiting B-36F 49-2675 of the 95th Bombardment Wing, Biggs AFB, El Paso, TX. Modified to Featherweight Configuration III and later retired to MASDC at Davis-Monthan AFB on 4 June 1956 and scrapped there

95th Accepted Allotted Biggs Blown Bombardment Carswell Configuration Consolidated Convair Converted Davis-monthan Featherweight Flown Masdc Michigan Modified Paso Peacemaker Propeller Radomes Retired Scrapped Tests Tornado Usaf Vibration Worth

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