B-66 Production and Attrition 3


B-66 Serial Numbers Found on the 355TFW Takhli Website
By
Radio Ray

52-2828/2832 Douglas RB-66A Destroyer

53-409/481 Douglas RB-66B Destroyer

412 at Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL.

413 converted to NB-66B.

431 at Florence Air and Missile Museum. Museum now closed.
Anyone aware of the fate of this plane?

466 at Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, TX.

475 at USAF Museum, Dayton, OH.

480 converted to EB-66E.

53-482/507 Douglas B-66B Destroyer

484/487, 489, 492, 493, 495/497 converted to EB-66B.

482 converted to EB-66E.

488 converted to NB-66B.

54-417/446 Douglas RB-66B-DL Destroyer c/n 44717/44746
417, 419, 423, 424, 426, 429, 438, 440, 441, 442, 446 converted to EB-66E.

54-447/476 Douglas RB-66C-DT Destroyer c/n 44747/44776
459, 463, 465, 467 converted to EB-66C.

54-465 RB-66C on dispaly at the Shaw AFB front gate

54-477/505 Douglas B-66B-DL Destroyer c/n 44777/44805 477 converted to NB-66B.

54-506/547 Douglas RB-66B-DL Destroyer c/n 44806/44847
507, 508, 510, 511, 514/516, 519, 521,
525/529, 531, 532, 534, 536, 539, 542, 545
converted to EB-66E.

54-548/551 Douglas B-66B-DL Destroyer c/n 44848/44851

55-302/314 Douglas B-66B-DL Destroyer c/n 44934/44946

55-315/383 Cancelled contract for Douglas RB-66F Destroyer c/n 44947/45615

55-384/389 Douglas RB-66C-DT Destroyer c/n 45016/45021

55-388 shot down by MiG-21/Atoll Jan 14, 1968.

55-390/425 Douglas WB-66D-DT Destroyer c/n 45022/45057
390 at USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX.

392 retired from Shaw AFB in early 1970s and displayed in front of Sumter (SC) Area Technical Education Center.
Now at Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, GA.

395 at Pima County Museum, AZ.

408 and 410 converted to Northrop X-21A-NO research aircraft.


I received the following from J. Cochran of California (Not a B-66 type) by Polly Parrott

"The last B-66 I ever saw was at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, where about 20 B-66s were parked in the grass alongside a taxiway with their Allison engines removed before they were scrapped. This was just after the pull out from Vietnam."

What an ending for a battle proven aircraft. Thought you would find this interesting after all of these years.


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