Aircraft 42-13571 Data

42-13571
1944 Consolidated YB-36A Peacemaker, c/n Not found 42-13571
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Aircraft 42-13571, 42-13571 at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico, approx. 1956. Flown from Ramey AFB to AF Museum at Wright-Patterson, 2/17/1957., at TJFF, photo by UASF
UASF
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Aircraft 42-13571, YB-36A/RB-36E at the old Air Force Museum at Patterson Field, Fairborn, OH. Now in pieces with the Soplata collection in Newbury, OH, at FFO, photo by Glenn E. Chatfield
Glenn E. Chatfield
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Airframe Info
Manufacturer Consolidated
Model YB-36A Peacemaker Search all Consolidated YB-36A Peacemaker
Year built 1944
Construction Number (C/N) Not found 42-13571
Aircraft Type Fixed wing multi engine
Number of Seats 15
Number of Engines 6
Engine Type Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model Pratt & Whitney R-4360-25
Aircraft
Registration Number 42-13571
Mode S (ICAO24) Code
Current Status Piecemeal collection
Owner
Owner Walter Soplata
Address Newbury, Ohio
United States
User Comments
roger stigney, 2011-11-02 01:58:58
This aircraft was operationally a part of the 72nd Recon/Bomb wing, Ramey AFB, PR and was assigned to the 60th Bomb Squadron. I was a crew member that flew on it during the mid 1950s as a Radio/ECM/gunner and have many fond memories of this aircraft. It most certainly was a Big, Bad, Beatutiful, Bomber of that time period.
Glenn E. Chatfield, 2009-10-29 04:00:00
This aircraft was originally the YB-36, becoming the YB-36A and finally RB-36E. It was at the Air Force Museum until 1971 when the new museum opened with a B-36J. This aircraft was chopped up and then purchased by Walter Soplata for his collection in Newbury, OH