B-29 (Doc) 44-69972

B-29 (Doc) 44-69972
Serial #	44-69972 c/n 10804
Model	B-29-70-BW Boeing-Wichita
Current Location	Boeing plant in Wichita, Kansas
Status:	Restoration to airworthy
Operated By	Doc's Friends
Civil Registration:	N69972C

• July 1951 assigned to the 7th Radar Calibration Squadron
• The aircraft was in a squadron who wore nose art depicting Disney's "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs.

• February 1955 assigned to the 17th Tow Target Squadron; Yuma, AZ. Flown to China Lake for use as a target on 14 March 1956.

• Recovered from China Lake in April 1998.

• Aircraft was missing numerous parts including a prop and the vertical stabilizer, which had been cut off.

• Initially the aircraft was towed over a 3-day period to the US Aviation Museum grounds in Inyokern, California.
• Restoration to flyable status was the goal, but the facilities at Inyorkern were not sufficient to support restoration in the elements.
• Boeing volunteered to restore the aircraft and it was shipped to Wichita for complete restoration to flyable condition.

• The aircraft is nearing re-assembly as of Jan 2003.

• The New England Air Museum donated their flyable vertical stabilizer from 44-61975 for use on "Doc", and the original vertical stabilizer of Doc was traded to the NEAM for installation on their B-29.

• In March 2007 the aircraft was moved to the ramp outside of the Kansas Aviation Museum.

• Placed in a hangar out of public view in 2008.

Work continues at a steady pace in hangar space donated by Boeing.

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