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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | B-50 | |
| Designation: | WB-50 | |
| Version: | D | |
| Nickname: | Superfortress | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
| Modified Mission: | Weather reconnaissance | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Castle Air Museum | Atwater | California |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
WB-50D on display
Castle Air Museum | United States Air Force Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Joe Heffel New Haven, CT | Merle Haight, I remember you, you sonofabitch! 08/08/2015 @ 16:25 [ref: 69200] |
| Howard (SAM) Spade Meadows Place, TX | I was in the 56th Weather Sq. in 1956-58 The best and the hardest working outfit I was ever in. I was a life support guy and put out a many of missions. The day I got there in 1956 we lost an aircraft. Sad day for all. The plane hit a mountain in Japan. My Brks was 333 also room 10 What a time we had. I am looking for one of our patches with the buzzard on it. Let me know if anyone knows where I can get one. Thanks We had B-29's and B-50's 07/31/2015 @ 12:34 [ref: 69187] |
| Jim Hennings Deville, LA | I was stationed in Fairbanks AK Ladd AFB, 1958 thru 1960, Det#1 55th WRS. 42151 Prop Mechanic. Love AK but boy could the WB50 could be cranky at times. CURTIS propellers could be nightmare at times. We lost the tip on one in 1959. We lived with the Army ski troops in the Army area. Talk about outcasts. Our hangers were WWII built but worked for us. Skied my heart out though during the winter and dodged the huge mosquitos in the summer. 12/11/2014 @ 04:48 [ref: 68818] |
| Merle D Haight Canton, PA | I was in the 56 WRS Yakota AB Japan 1962-1964. I was a Navigation/ Radar technician. Many great memories including TDY to Hawaii and multiple TDY's to Clark AB, Phillipines. Remembering our barracks # 333 and us being so welcome in Fussa they named a bar (333)in our honor. What a great assignment for my first in the AF, having the privilege of being mostly independent from the main base and not participating in most of their exercises and details. The result of that assignment cost me my fiancée and a life long regret for that result! 11/06/2014 @ 08:42 [ref: 68744] |
| Merle D Haight Canton, PA | I was in the 56 WRS Yakota AB Japan 1962-1964. I was a Navigation/ Radar technician. Many great memories including TDY to Hawaii and multiple TDY's to Clark AB, Phillipines. Remembering our barracks # 333 and us being so welcome in Fussa they named a bar (333)in our honor. What a great assignment for my first in the AF, having the privilege of being mostly independent from the main base and not participating in most of their exercises and details. The result of that assignment cost me my fiancée and a life long regret for that result! 11/06/2014 @ 08:41 [ref: 68743] |
| TJ HARRIS CMSGT RET CLEVELAND, AL | I WAS A CREW CHIEF ON A WB-50 AT KINDLEY AFB,BERMUDA FOR 3 YEARS GREAT ASSIGNMENT 53 WRS. 10/23/2014 @ 13:27 [ref: 68711] |
| A2c George Ewing , OH | I was a reciprocating engine mechanic assigned to the 59th WRS at Kindley AFB, Bermuda from Aug 1958 to Feb 1961. For the last 6 months of my tour, I was crew chief on WB50 - 49-116. It was a very interesting period. 03/15/2014 @ 14:54 [ref: 68420] |
| Robert L deems , MI | I was a reciprocating engine mechanic on WB-50 bombers at Yokota AFB Japan from July 1958-August 1960 I was in the 56th Weather Recon. squadron. I also belonged to the Yokota AFB aero club. I got my private pilots license in May 1959 01/01/2014 @ 02:53 [ref: 68272] |
| Bud Foster Fort Walton Beach, FL | I was a ground crewman on WB-29 44-62089 and then worked in the WB-50 engine conditioning shop in the 59th WRS, Kindley AFB, Bermuda, from Dec 55 to Dec 57. The B-50 was easier to work on than the B-29. They also whole lot more comfortable for the aircrews. During the transition from 29s to 50s, my B-29 was mission backup to a B-50. When a maintenance problem scratched the B-50, the dropsonde operator, Earle Owen, complained, " Damn, now we have fly that old clunker." It was bad form to insult one's aircraft in those days. All in good fun, though.
08/21/2013 @ 10:04 [ref: 68026] |
| Phil Hunter , FL | With the 56th at Yokota 1962-1964, engine mechanic--my first assignment in AF. Went TDY to Clark--changed the life of this Kentucky boy--spent 30 years AF thanks to the fine people that I met at Yokota. 07/27/2013 @ 11:45 [ref: 67977] |
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