B-29 SUPERFORTRESS/44-61975
Serial #: 44-61975
Construction #: 11452
Civil Registration:
None
Construction #: 11452
Civil Registration:
None
Model(s):
B-29A Superfortress
TB-29A Superfortress
Name: Jack's Hack
Status: Displayed
Last Info: 2019
B-29A Superfortress
TB-29A Superfortress
Name: Jack's Hack
Status: Displayed
Last Info: 2019
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-61975.
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-61975.
- BOC: July 31, 1945.
- SOC: September 18, 1947
- Assigned to the 114th Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station-Very Heavy), 1st Air Force, Chatham Army Air Field, Savannah, GA, August 1945
- Transferred to the 317th AAFBU (CCTS-VH), 3rd AF, MacDill Army Air Field, FL, November 1945.
- Transferred to the Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC), Warner-Robins Air Depot, Warner-Robins Army Air Field, GA, March 1946.
- Converted to TB-29A.
- Assigned to the 426th AAFBU (CCTS-Heavy), Mountain Home AFB, ID, March 1946.
- Converted back to B-29A armed bomber and deployed to Molesworth, England, circa 1950.
- Operating between there and Wheeler AFB, Libya on special assignment as a Cold War deterrent during the Korean War.
- Assigned to the 582nd Air Resupply Squadron, 582nd Air Resupply and Communication Wing, Great Falls AFB, MT, April 1953
- Involved with Mid air collision, 7 miles WSW of Blairsville, GA, August 21, 1953.
- Repaired.
- Assigned to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 1960-1974.
- Used as a target for weapons testing
- Stored.
- Badly damaged by tornado, October 3, 1979.
- Restored for static display.
- Rear fuselage of 44-61739 used.
- Displayed as 44-61566/Jack's Hack in 58th Bomb Wing scheme.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
