B-36 bomber
- Title
- B-36 bomber
- Creator
- General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division
- Institution
- TCU
- Link
- https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/53157
- Description
- Photo of a B-36 airplane. On reverse: "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Taking off from General Dynamics Corporation's Convair-Fort Worth plant on August 14, 1954, was the last globe-spanning B-36 intercontinental bomber to come off the production line. This same bomber is scheduled to return to Fort Worth on February 12, 1959, to be decommissioned from service as the last B-36 of the Air Force's Strategic Air Command. Following the decommissioning, the aircraft will remain at Amon Carter Field in Fort Worth, Texas, as a memorial to the many citizens and Air Force personnel of the city who had a part in the plane's development."
- Date
- 1954-08-14
- Decade
- 1950s
- Subjects
- Aviation
- Convair
- United States Air Force
- Source
- Box 234, B-36 memorial, 1959 Folder, Item 003
- Type
- Document
- Formats
- 10x8.25 Photo
- Rights
- Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph