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Description
| Manufacturer: | Convair | |
| Base model: | B-36 | |
| Designation: | B-36 | |
| Version: | F | |
| Nickname: | Peacemaker | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
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Recent comments by our visitors
| Dave P. , FL | I have a copy of the 6th Bomb Wing (H) 1954 Yearbook that I'm willing to sell or possibly trade. Post reply with contact info and I'll get in touch with you. Thanks, Dave 09/08/2012 @ 12:47 [ref: 66781] |
| Ralph , CA | Those who wonder about the B-36 and conventional bombs should have attended the annual firepower demonstrations at Eglin AFB. Each year in the mid-1950s one would drop a full load of 500 lb. bombs, one hundred and thirty-two of those suckers. The year I went (sorry, don't remember the year, maybe 1956) was the first year they got the whole load in the range without having to salvo a bunch at the end. They never dropped them in anger, but they could carry them. As best as I can remember, the standard bomb racks were always installed. 05/29/2008 @ 14:51 [ref: 21051] |
| Larry Cummins Huntington, Long Island, NY | I found this site doing a Google search for a copy of the 6th Bomb Wing (H) 1954 Yearbook on Friday, 10 November 2006.
I was a gunner in the 6th BW, 40th BS at Walker AFB from 1952 through July 1955. The B-36 did carry conventional bombs on conventional racks. We carried the 100 pound "Blue Devil" on training flights. I've been trying to acquire a copy of the 6th BW yearbook for the past 50 years ... since somehow I missed ordering it either because of being on leave or flying all the time. We were the 40th Squadron "Stand Board" crew. Any leads on acquiring copy of the yearbook are appreciated. Cordially, Larry Cummins 11/10/2006 @ 07:11 [ref: 14709] |
| Larry Cummins Huntington, Long Island, NY | I found this site doing a Google search for a copy of the 6th Bomb Wing (H) 1954 Yearbook on Friday, 10 November 2006.
I was a gunner in the 6th BW, 40th BS at Walker AFB from 1952 through July 1955. The B-36 did carry conventional bombs on conventional racks. We carried the 100 pound "Blue Devil" on training flights. I've been trying to acquire a copy of the 6th BW yearbook for the past 50 years ... since somehow I missed ordering it either because of being on leave or flying all the time. We were the 40th Squadron "Stand Board" crew. Any leads on acquiring copy of the yearbook are appreciated. Cordially, Larry Cummins 11/10/2006 @ 07:10 [ref: 14708] |
| Wayne Worman Woodbury Heights, NJ | I was stationed at Cannon AFB, NM, in the late 70's, and
used to go to Roswell for "junk" shopping. (That was before all the UFO stuff went hog wild.) One of my most precious finds was a Sixth Bomb Wing (H) 1954 "yearbook!" I'd never heard of such a thing for an AF unit before. Being interested in the B-36, this was a real find! It is just like a high school yearbook! Starts off with the commanders, runs thru various other activities, then has pages and pages of pictures of everyone in the wing! Same size as the typical HS yearbook, too. They flew the F, if the tail number sequences listed above work out. I've got a few books on the "Aluminum Overcast," but this shows some interesting things the others don't. Like the wing/engine maintenance "docks," which were corrugated metal shelters on stilts which looked sort of like an open book, which the planes drove into, the wings being covered by the open "pages," if you will. They also had pictures taken in the shops of gun, engine, electronics, and other maintenance. I'll see if I can scan in some of these pictures and post them. One other interesting fact, not involved with this book, that I found out some years ago: I had wondered if B-36's were ever configured to carry conventional bombs. B-29's did all the conventional bombing in Korea, and I had doubted if SAC would have given up some of its nuclear deterrent just to hang iron bombs on. A former 36 crew member told me (via e-mail) that they DID have conventional bomb racks on hand, but he didn't think that they had ever actually be installed (other than perhaps just for design certification). Anyone else have any idea? 11/04/2000 @ 17:05 [ref: 989] |
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