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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
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| Base model: | B-47 | ||
| Designation: | B-47 | ||
| Version: | E | ||
| Nickname: | Stratojet | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Bomber | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 107' 1" | 32.6 m | |
| Height: | 28' | 8.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 116' | 35.3 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 225,999 lb | 102,494 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 226,000 lb | 102,494 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 6 | ||
| Powerplant: | General Electric J47-GE | ||
| Thrust (each): | 7,200 lb | 3,265 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 3,500 miles | 5,636 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 560 mph | 901 km/h | 487 kt |
| Max Speed: | 610 mph | 982 km/h | 530 kt |
| Ceiling: | 39,300 ft | 11,978 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Castle Air Museum | Atwater | California |
| Eighth Air Force Museum | Barksdale AFB | Louisiana |
| Grissom Air Park - Heritage Museum Foundation | Grissom AFB | Indiana |
| Little Rock AFB | Little Rock AFB | Arkansas |
| March Field Air Museum | Riverside | California |
| McConnell AFB | McConnell AFB | Kansas |
| Plattsburgh AFB | Plattsburgh AFB | New York |
| Strategic Air Command Museum | Ashland | Nebraska |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
B-47E on display
Castle Air Museum | Eighth Air Force Museum | Grissom Air Park - Heritage Museum Foundation | March Field Museum | |
McConnell AFB | Plattsburgh AFB | Strategic Air Command Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Jack Gilbert Rio Rancho, NM | Three memories of the B-47: My father is retired from the USAF, and he was stationed at Hunter AFB, Savannah, GA, from 1962-65. Dad was a C-124 flight engineer with the 53rd TCS at the time. There was a WB-47 unit stationed at HAFB and I used to love watching them fly over the house. I joined the Air Force in 1974 and served at Travis AFB, CA, from 1974-80, as a C-5 crew chief with the 60th OMS. I was coming back from a TDY to Tinker AFB, OK, one day in 1978 or 79, when we taxied past the tower and I was amazed to see a B-47 parked on the transient ramp, carrying US Navy markings. I later learned that the USN still operated two B-47s in the late seventies for use as fleet defense aggressors. They acted as simulated Soviet maritime patrol bombers(TU-16s) and were retired soon after I saw the one example at Travis. Finally, in 1986, I was a volunteer with the Travis museum and was on one of the B-29 recovery teams that drove down to China Lake Naval Weapons Station to disassemble the museum's B-29 for movement to Travis. We towed the B-29 across several miles of desert to the parking ramp at dusk on a Saturday evening and rolled right past the Castle B-47. She was fully restored to airworthy status and was awaiting her ferry flight to Castle AFB. I've always considered the B-47 to be one of the most elegant and beautiful aircraft ever built. 01/28/2009 @ 09:35 [ref: 23568] |
| E.L. O\'Bannon New Orleans, LA | Does anyone know the serial numbers of B-47E aircraft assigned to the 44th Bombardment Wing, particularly the 67th Bomb Squadron, at Lake Charles AFB during '57 and '58?
thanks. ELO'B 01/25/2009 @ 20:48 [ref: 23554] |
| Mark Baker Elizabeth City,NC, NC | My two older brothers and I saw a B-47E(52-1414)explode over North Little Rock,Arkansas in 1960. We had been delivering the morning edition of the Arkansas Democrat.(It was their route.I was just helping.)The plane flew over us at about 4or5,000ft.and got a few miles past us before it exploded.I was eight years old at the time, but I still have not forgotten. 11/26/2008 @ 14:40 [ref: 23147] |
| Louis Crawford Salt Springs, FL | I work in the eng shop 1959 to 1964 on the J47 eng. I help to pull the Eng off the T B 47 663 it had crack wing spire 10/12/2008 @ 14:52 [ref: 22842] |
| Louis Crawford Salt Springs, FL | I work in the eng shop 1959 to 1964 on the J47 eng. I help to pull the Eng off the T B 47 663 it had crack wing spire 10/12/2008 @ 14:52 [ref: 22841] |
| Jack Murphy Miramar, FL | Was assigned to the 40th AEMS we had B47E with ecm pods outboard of the fuselage as did the 310th BW also both were part of the 802Air Div at Shilling AFB Kansas. The pods were a pain in the ass every time we loaded weapons we had to get the ECM guys out with come alongs to jack them up so we could swing the bomb doors open and load the bomb.
Was part of the Crews that set up the Clip In configuration system on the 47E advanced. Did both wimgs. Went TDY to Eilsen AFB with the 49th BW and with KC97s froze my a-- off. Started every morning and moved forward 3 feet and they towed them back into position. All aircraft had heaters 24/7. While at Eielsen participated in the SAC Bomb Comp for SAC Reflex in Alaska. Elmendorf won. Came back to Schilling and transferred to the 310th as the 40th went PCS to Forbes AFB. Assigned to the 36th MMS. Became sqdn Tng NCO we added AGM65F Atlas Missles to our area of responsibility. Went tdy to Akron Municipal Airport with 8 loaded 47Es ground alert. Cuban missle Crissis. Went pcs to RAF Station Lakenheath in 1963 at schilling from 1960 to 1963. Best NCOIC I ever worked for was Benjamin cardoza of California Live long Ben your student is very happy..................Jack 08/21/2008 @ 21:11 [ref: 22521] |
| Frank McDonald , TX | The B-47 of my "youth" was the "A" and "TB" models, both at Wichita, Kansas and at Amarillo Air patch, in the 50's. Our Amarillo school had a '49 "A" model and four '50 Model "TB's": 50-011, 50-012, 50-023, and 50-039. 50-012 was reclaimed there on base, flown to the Factory (on a Red X status) in Wichita, and turned into an "E" mode. 50-023 had, as some point in it's life had landed on a slick runway, deployed the chute, it bounced along the runway (frozen), and came to stop just a little beyond the ditch at the end of the runway. Consequently, it had an "E" model nose, from the front wall of the bomb bay forward, which sort of complicated ordering parts. It also had J-47-23 engines and nacelles, whereas the older ones had -11's and -13's. Just prior to the closing of Amarillo, 50-039 was also flown out, destination unknown.
Mr. Mac 06/02/2008 @ 15:27 [ref: 21088] |
| jerrold malone tucson, AZ | My last sight of a Flying B-47 was at Torrejon AB,Spain,in 1972.It was one of the Navy/GE birds,with a Skull & Crossbones emblem on the tail.As an A1C Security Policeman "humping" the flightline,it sure was an awesome sight to see, as I had known USAF B-47s to have been long gone at that time.Big Question:What was it doing in Spain? 02/11/2008 @ 06:21 [ref: 19642] |
| Ralph Lawhon, Jr. Huntington, WV | I was a mechanic on the B-47 at Mt. Home ID in the 50's. I at the time thought it was the best looking aircraft ever made and I still think it is to day. I am proud to say I was in SAC and worked on this aircraft. 01/20/2008 @ 10:45 [ref: 19372] |
| Herb Phelan Seattle, WA | B17E 51-7066 is not listed. This B47 was flown in to Boeing Field in Seattle several years ago. It was in the weather recornnaissance configuration and is on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight 12/14/2007 @ 13:23 [ref: 18915] |
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