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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | B-47 | |
| Designation: | RB-47 | |
| Version: | B | |
| Nickname: | Stratojet | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
| Modified Mission: | Reconnaissance | |
Specifications
| Length: | 108' 0" | 32.9 m | |
| Height: | 28' 0" | 8.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 116' 0" | 35.3 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,428.0 sq ft | 132.6 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 76,130 lb | 34,526 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 180,000 lb | 81,632 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | General Electric J47-GE-23 | ||
| Thrust (each): | 5,800 lb | 2,630 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 3,870 miles | 6,231 km | |
| Max Speed: | 616 mph | 991 km/h | 535 kt |
| Ceiling: | 45,000 ft | 13,715 m | |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Jeff Wilkinson Oklahoma City, OK | Ref the note above about the B-47 explosion at Little Rock. The website featuring the crash has had a change of URL: it's now okwreckchasing.org 03/11/2007 @ 16:08 [ref: 15855] |
| CJD WANTED / REWARD!, CA | Hi I worked on the B-52 great ol Buff,
I had a metal paperweight thing that was a example of the B-47 alloy, it said Sample of 755-T6 Aluminum Alloy from the Wing Skin of the B-47, well about 6 mos ago I went to visit a friend at Hawthorne Northrop Grumman plant and left it for 2 mins and came back and someone had stole it! If you know anyone who might have one to buy, sell, trade please let me know! Thanks I collect these from other aircraft as well, and might be interested, WANTED Lucite / Acrylic/ Perspex Paperweights WANTED Lucite / Acrylic/ Perspex Paperweights mainly aviation related....many may say they have a “First Chip” in example “ First Chip from the milling process of the YF-23” or F-16 or something like that, many are from planes, missiles etc… Some examples. McDonnell Douglas C-17 Production Shaving Lucite Paperweight, First F-22 Production Chip Lucite in the shape of the state of Georgia, containing production chip / shaving any project! See link for photos Another type are made from metals, materials & alloys used in the aircraft's manufacture they have “this is a example of the aluminum alloy used in making the B-52, they are about the size of a pack of cigarettes, see link to photos REMEMBER-I pay a finders fee; please pass this around to anyone who may be able to help… Thanks from Charles! To see the photo examples: copy and paste the web address below into your browser's web address bar: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bacchusd@pacbell.net/album?dir=/cbed&.src=ph&.tok=phuE 01/24/2006 @ 01:43 [ref: 12278] |
| J.C. Bahr Topeka, KS | The caption of the picture of "34-294" below is incorrect. It was not the ship shot-down over the Barents Sea on July 1, 1960. That RB-47H was 53-4281 and was being crewed by Willard Palm, Eugene Posa, John McKone, Dean Phillips, Freeman Olmstead and Oscar Goforth. Only McKone and Olmstead survived to return to the U.S. A picture of 53-4281 sitting on the ramp of Boeing's Wichita facility can be found in the book "Boeing B-47 Stratojet: True Stories of the Cold War in the Air" by Mark Natola. 10/22/2005 @ 03:17 [ref: 11540] |
| Chad Guendelsberger Minot, ND | I am a B-52H navigator currently assigned to the 23BS, Minot AFB, ND. Presently, we are deployed in support of OEF. I love the B-52 and its heritage, and I am very fascinated by the old SAC days, and getting in touch with some of the folks who flew during that period. Actually, we still have with us old SAC warriors who are still crewdogs today, this age in which we are tasked to perform close air support missions with highly precise weapons. They always reminisce about the "good old days." I'd really like to get in touch with former B-47 crewmembers/navs, and if anyone knows where I could get pictures of the interior of that jet, that would be really something as well.
Hope to hear from someone out there. 07/12/2005 @ 11:31 [ref: 10723] |
| Glen (G.I.) Lindas , AR | I was one of the initial group to arrive at Little Rock AFB in 1955. I was in the 70th A & E Squadron and because the A & E building was not yet built, we maintained the RB-47s out of the jumbo hanger. I was a Bomb Nav flight line type and later worked in the shop, repairing the radar equipment (RT Units, Modulators, Syncronizers etc.) I would love to hear from any "old" Bomb Navers or anyone stationed at LRAFB between 1955 and 1962. 04/08/2005 @ 19:26 [ref: 9909] |
| Robert (Bob) Munger Kirkland, WA | ECM Tech (30153A) at Forbes 1957-1960. Went to Det 50 with the three ERB-47H. During the cold war about 300 plus guys lost thier lives to the enemy. Remember them, I knew a few from our unit, as I worked on thier aircraft. It was all classified. But no longer, watch the history channel for "cold war espionage". You might want to read the book "Operation Solo". The Soviet Premier, was I think, thinking about having a few of us assasinated! (purly conjecture on my part, based on other readings also) 04/05/2004 @ 16:17 [ref: 7143] |
| Frank T. Hayes Port Washington, NY, NY | During Korean War, I was a Bomb Nav Radar technician with the 91st Strat Recon Wing RB-47Es stationed at Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio. The 91st first had RB-45Cs, received when they were at Barksdale AFB, LA. The navigators only exit was out through his door on the left side, in front of the two left engines. In 1951 the 91st moved to Lockbourne.The RB-45s were temporarily replaced with RB-47Bs, which had no ejection seats and had bomb bays fitted with camera pods. The K-Series Bomb Nav System and APS-23 Radar were unique, with computerized tracking capability and radar or optical sight for targeting and wind correction, with a polar grid capability for world wide operations. The RB-47E was a fine airplane, with ejection seats, but the navigator ejected downward. The 91st SRW was commanded by Col. Joseph J. Preston and was made up of the 91st Air Refueling Squadron (KC-97) and three RB-47E squadrons, the 323rd, 322nd and the 324th. A second RB-47E unit, designated the 26th Strat Recon Wing was formed at Lockbourne and was commanded by Col. Henry R. Sullivan, Jr. It was RB-47Es of the 91st that were deployed to RAF Fairford in April and May of 1954. During that deployment, the KC-97s of the 91st ARS were based at RAF Mildenhall. Serving under Col. Joe Preston was a grand honor. After four years, I was discharged on January 9, 1955. I later became a Philco Techrep, with SAC units, thea 506th SFW, at Tinker AFB (Republic F-84F)in 1955 - 1957, then the 4080th SRW (Lockheed U-2)at Del Rio, TX 1957 to October 1958. I then joined Republic for the F-105 and A-10A programs (29 years) followed by 12 years at Grumman on the E-2C Hawkeye.
01/01/2003 @ 11:21 [ref: 6231] |
| Bob Smith Naples,, FL |
I was a Nav Aid repairman stationed in the 70th A&EMS at Little Rock AFB from January '58 until October '60. I then cross trained into PMEL and spent the rest of my enlistment there in the 825th CSG and finally the 384th A&EMS. For those who were stationed at Little Rock AFB in 1960, there is an article at http://okwreckchasing.com/lrb47.html about the B47 from the 384th Bomb Wing that crashed into the center of Little Rock. 05/03/2002 @ 20:37 [ref: 4864] |
| monty lundberg cloquet, MN | My dad was a pilot with the 321 recon sqd in kansas somewhere. looking for any one who might have known him His name was Paul Lundberg 02/21/2002 @ 20:43 [ref: 4373] |
| Dick Nashua, NH | I was a crew chief on a RB-47 in the 321st Recon. Sqdn. at Forbes AFB Kansas from 1953-1957. I am looking for any other members of the Sqdn during that time. I grew up in Saugus, Mass. 07/22/2001 @ 15:30 [ref: 2722] |
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