The photo was taken at RAAF East Sale in late 1961 or early 1962. It had a number of deployments in the early 1960s to RAAF Base East Sale with other B-57Bs as part of the USAF Crowflight deployments. The aircraft had the designation NB-57B painted, on the forward left fuselage just forward of the cockpit. Early 1962 it was back at East Sale in the same role of medium-level air sampling the filters were located in the special wingtip pods. Joe Baugher's page indicates this aircraft was written 14th January 1980.

The photo was taken at RAAF East Sale in late 1961 or early 1962. It had a number of deployments in the early 1960s to RAAF East Sale with other B-57Bs as part of the USAF Crowflight deployments. Early 1962 it was back at East Sale in the same role of medium-level air sampling the filters were located in the special wingtip pods. Later in 1962, the USAF moved the Crowflight deployments to RAAF Laverton with Laverton hosting U-2s. The B-57Bs were stationed at the Avalon airfield. This aircraft sadly crashed after take-off from Laverton with the loss of both the crew on the 1962-09-17. Fuselage data show the B-57Bs having the designation NB-57B, for special weapons trials.

Actually WH791.

Cockpit section/Forward fuselage are all that remain

'B-57F press review'. The RB-57F weather reconnaissance aircraft was a Martin B-57 Canberra rebuilt by General Dynamics here at Fort Worth. A completely new long-span wing was fitted. 63-1574 was formerly 52-1574, a B-52B. 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing markings are probably worn. Photo from: Lockheed Martin

A nose section preserved at the museum

RAE Bedford aircraft

On display at the Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum. We arrived just five minutes before the museum was due to close, but the kind members of staff stayed on to let us take our shots - thank you!

NASA's WB-57F, in this case NASA 928, on short final to runway 32 at March ARB. It's previous military serial was 63-13298