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44-61748 B-29A-45-BN * Aircraft assigned to the 371st Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bomb Group, 307th Bomb Wing at Kadena AB, Okinawa in March 1952. * Flew 105 combat missions over North Korea carrying the name "It's Hawg Wild" before the Korean armistice agreement was signed in July 1953. * Sent to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California as a target in November 1956. * Donated to the Imperial War Museum by the US Navy in 1979. * Recovered from China Lake on November 16, 1979 after being made flyable and flown to Tucson, Arizona for further restoration by Aero Services. * On February 16, 1980, the aircraft was flown to Flint, Michigan. * On March 2, 1980, the aircraft arrived at Duxford via Loring Air Force Base, Maine; Gander, Newfoundland; Sondestrom Fjor

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  • B-29 (IT'S HAWG WILD) 44-61748
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  • 44-61748 B-29A-45-BN * Aircraft assigned to the 371st Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bomb Group, 307th Bomb Wing at Kadena AB, Okinawa in March 1952. * Flew 105 combat missions over North Korea carrying the name "It's Hawg Wild" before the Korean armistice agreement was signed in July 1953. * Sent to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California as a target in November 1956. * Donated to the Imperial War Museum by the US Navy in 1979. * Recovered from China Lake on November 16, 1979 after being made flyable and flown to Tucson, Arizona for further restoration by Aero Services. * On February 16, 1980, the aircraft was flown to Flint, Michigan. * On March 2, 1980, the aircraft arrived at Duxford via Loring Air Force Base, Maine; Gander, Newfoundland; Sondestrom Fjor
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  • 44-61748 B-29A-45-BN * Aircraft assigned to the 371st Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bomb Group, 307th Bomb Wing at Kadena AB, Okinawa in March 1952. * Flew 105 combat missions over North Korea carrying the name "It's Hawg Wild" before the Korean armistice agreement was signed in July 1953. * Sent to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California as a target in November 1956. * Donated to the Imperial War Museum by the US Navy in 1979. * Recovered from China Lake on November 16, 1979 after being made flyable and flown to Tucson, Arizona for further restoration by Aero Services. * On February 16, 1980, the aircraft was flown to Flint, Michigan. * On March 2, 1980, the aircraft arrived at Duxford via Loring Air Force Base, Maine; Gander, Newfoundland; Sondestrom Fjord, Greenland; Keflavik, Iceland; and Mildenhall, UK. * Severe corrosion was found in the bomb bay area requiring extensive repairs. * Exterior was eventually repainted in its wartime color scheme and the aircraft was fully restored. * On permanent indoor display at the American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England.
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