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Martin RB-57A |
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photographs at three different air museums.
The natural finish RB-57A, number 52-1488, at the New England Air Museum, the black finish RB-57A, number 52-1459, at the National Warplane Museum, and the ejection seat at the Combat Air Museum. |
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| The RB-57A ejection seat below is painted
with the words " Nav 52-1451". The J. Baugher USAF Serial Numbers site shows a block of RB-57A's built with serial numbers 52-1426 to 52-1492, but 52-1451 is not listed. I received an email that said the sender was an RB-57A pilot and witnessed the crash of 52-1451. I replied to the email asking if I could quote him on this page. I never received a reply. I have lost the email through a hard drive crash and can- not recall his name or the exact location of the crash. I do recall that it was near the state of Kansas. He related that he heard a distress call from 52-1451 and was nearby. He was able to overtake 1451, but stayed to the right and to the rear because the pilot had stated that he and the navigator were about to eject. The sender saw the navigator eject and his chute de- ployed. The pilot stated that his seat had failed to fire. He had removed his control column to eject and could not get it back into it's normal position. He was going to land using the trim tabs, but 1451 stalled and spun into the ground killing the pilot. The seat is at the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas. The staff I talked with did not know where the seat came from and even stated that they did not think it was a B-57 seat. Note: RB-57A serial number 52-1452 is listed on the Baugher site as derelict at Forbes AFB in 1977. Forbes is just down the street from the CAM and there is a RB-57A on a pylon at the main gate. RB-57A, serial number 52-1480 is also listed as at Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas. |
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