B-36 Peacemaker at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Making the last B-36 flight ever, the aircraft on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force flew to Wright Field from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, on April 30, 1959. The serial number of this B-36J is 52-2220. All photos below were taken by the author during September, 2016.

Only four complete Convair B-36 Peacemaker air frames have survived of the 382 that were built. We have had the good fortune of viewing and photographing three of the four in a short period of time, from October 2011 - October 2012.

List of B-36 Survivors

The B-36 survivors are listed below ... click the links for additional information and photographs of the airplane at each facility.

Facility	Location	Model	Serial No.
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio	B-36J-1-CF	52-2220
Pima Air and Space Museum	Adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson, Arizona	B-36J-10-CF	52-2827
Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum	Ashland, Nebraska	B-36J-1-CF	52-2217
Castle Air Museum	Atwater, California	RB-36H-30-CF	51-13730

 

 

Photos of the B-36 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Left fuselage view of the B-36J Peacemaker at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio

Right front fuselage view of B-36J Peacemaker 52-2220

Convair B-36J Peacemaker, Air Force Serial 52-2220A

 

 

B-36 Peacemaker with Mark-17 thermonuclear bomb

Tail section of B-36 Peacemaker 22220

Landing gear of B-36 Peacemaker 22220

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin, designed to be deployed from a B-36 as a protective fighter

Convair B-36 Peacemaker being transported into the Eugene W. Kettering Cold War Gallery under construction at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force