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Aircraft History Built by Douglas. Constructor Number 2643. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) as B-18 Bolo serial number 38-593. Postwar Sold as war surplus. Fitted with engines from a C-47 that required changing the exhaust system and adding cowl flaps. Operated as fire bomber by the Roberts Aviation Company of Boise, ID modified this B-18 for use as a fire bomber and aerial sprayer, with tanker code D18 and registered as N66267 from 1954-1970. Used until late 1969 or early 1970s, then in storage at Falcon Field near Phoenix, AZ. Display This B-18 was acquired by Pima Air & Space Museum (Pima Museum) on September 5, 1976, and restored by volunteers totaling over 2,400 hours and completed on December 8, 1995. Painted to represent a B-18 assigned to the 25th Anti-Submarine Wing, 4th Anti-Submarine Squadron based at Langley Airfield in July 1942. Today, displayed inside Hanger 1. References PIMA Museum - Douglas B-18B Bolo Profile Douglas B-18 Bolo pages 39 (dataplate) 197-199 Contribute
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