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Sweet Eloise
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Serial #: 44-70113 Construction #: 10945 Civil Registration: None Model: B-29 Name: Sweet Eloise Status: Static Display Last Info: 2002 |
History: Built in Wichita, KS, late 1944. Delivered to USAAF as 44-70113. - BOC: May 1945. - SOC: 1956. - Assigned to 20th AF/73rd BW/500 BG/883rd BS. -- Issued squadron number 58. -- Flew 27 Combat missions. -- Credited with 3 fighters shot down with additional 3 probables. Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, 1960-1973. - Stored. Florence Air & Missile Museum, Florence, SC, 1973-1990. - Stored dismantled, Florence, as "Z-58". NAS Atlanta, GA, 1994-2002. - Displayed as "Sweet Eloise". |
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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. Photo Source(s): Van Gardner |
