Boeing TB-50D Superfortress

Last revised June 17, 2000


Eleven B-50Ds were stripped of all armament and converted to TB-50D crew trainers. They were used for various support duties, including the training of B-36 crews.

Serials of TB-50D:

47-163/170	Boeing B-50D-65-BO Superfortress
			c/n 15847/15854
			163,164,167,170 converted to TB-50D aircrew 
			trainer.
48-046/052	Boeing B-50D-70-BO Superfortress
			c/n 15855/15861
			All converted to TB-50D aircrew trainers

Sources:


  1. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner, Doubleday, 1982.

  2. Post World War II Bombers, Marcelle Size Knaack, Office of Air Force History, 1988.

  3. Boeing Aircraft Since 1916, Peter M. Bowers, Naval Institute Press, 1989.

  4. United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.