5/44: TOS USAAF. 6 May 19444: First flight, made from Palm Springs Army Air Field, CA. By 6/46: Accumulated 144.5 flight hours in 168 flights. 6/46 to 10/46: Converted to XB-42A by adding a jet engine under each wing. 27 May 1947: First flight as XB-42A at Muroc Air Base, CA. 30 June 1949: Ferried to the Air Force Museum,Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Ca.10/49: Transported to Paul Garber Restoration Facility, National Air Museum, Suitland, MD. 2010: Transported to the National Museum of the USAF and placed in storage.
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