List of surviving Boeing B-47 Stratojets

RB-47H on display in the Cold War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

A number of Boeing B-47 Stratojets bombers survive as static display or practice targets in the United States. None of them are airworthy any more.

B-47 Stratojet

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was a long range, six-engine, turbojet-powered strategic bomber capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating the Soviet Union. A major innovation in post-World War II combat jet design, it helped lead to the development of modern jet airliners. While it never saw major combat use, it was the mainstay of U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command strategic striking power in the 1950s.

By the time it was retired by the United States Air Force in the 1960s, 2042 planes had been built. The United States Navy continued to use the EB-47E until the late 1970s. Currently, 31 confirmed B-47s of various marks are preserved in museums and outdoor displays.

XB-47

USAF Designation	Serial or registration number	History	Markings	Location	Condition	Notes
XB-47-BO	46-0066	Test aircraft assigned to former Chanute Air Force Technical Training Center		Chanute Air Museum, former Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Illinois.	Display	[1]

B-47B

USAF Designation	Serial or registration number	History	Markings	Location	Condition	Notes
B-47B-20-BW	50-0062	50-0062 at the Mighty 8th AF Museum Was operated by the Strategic Air Command's Training Wing	0062	Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum Pooler, Georgia	Display	[2]
B-47B-25-BW	51-2075	51-2075 at Edwards AFB bombing range in 2008		Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, California	Used as a photographic target
B-47B-30-BW	51-2120	Operated by SAC's 509 BW	2120	Whiteman AFB, Knob Noster, Missouri	Display
B-47B-50-BW	51-2315			Grissom Air Museum, Grissom Air Reserve Base (formerly Grissom AFB), Peru, Indiana	Display	[3]

B-47E

USAF Designation	Serial or registration number	History	Markings	Location	Condition	Notes
WB-47E-55-BW	51-2360	Converted B-47E		Hill Aerospace Museum Hill AFB, Utah	Display
WB-47E-55-BW	51-2387	Converted B-47E		Kansas Aviation Museum Wichita, Kansas	Display	[4]
B-47E-75-BW	51-7066	Was converted to a WB-47E, but restored to bomber configuration for display.	17066	Museum of Flight Seattle, Washington	Display
B-47E-75-BW	51-7071	Former 96th Bombardment Wing, Medium aircraft.	"The City of Altus"[5]	Altus, Oklahoma	Display
EB-47E-80-BW	52-0412	Converted from B-47E; later operated by the US Navy's Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group (FEWSG) as a Government Owned/Contractor Operated aircraft (with tail # 24120) until retired in 1977	24120	Dyess Linear Air Park Dyess AFB Abilene, Texas	Display	[6]
B-47E-105-BW	52-0595		0595	Little Rock AFB Little Rock, Arkansas.	Display
B-47E-110-BW	53-2275		2275 Betty-Boop	March Field Air Museum March Air Reserve Base (formerly March AFB) Riverside, California	Display	[7]
B-47E-110-BW	53-2276	Former 303rd Bombardment Wing, Medium aircraft.	O-32276	Eighth Air Force Museum Barksdale AFB Shreveport, Louisiana	Display	[8]
B-47E-111-BW	53-2280	In the 1960s this aircraft was used as a test bed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base under the designation JB-47E. It was the first USAF aircraft with a fly-by-wire control system. It was transferred to the NMUSAF in 1969 and displayed until 2003. In 2013 it was transferred to the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico for permanent display	2280	National Museum of Nuclear Science & History Kirtland AFB Albuquerque, New Mexico	Display
B-47E-125-BW	53-2385		2385 Pride of the Adirondacks	Plattsburgh International Airport formerly Plattsburgh AFB) Plattsburgh, New York	Display
B-47E-130-BW	53-4213	Operated by Strategic Air Command's 98th Bombardment Wing, Medim & 308th Bombardment Wing, Medium. One of the last B-47s operated at the former Lincoln AFB, Nebraska before departing on 7 December 1965; 53-4213 participated in Operation "Fast Fly" which was the retirement of the last B-47s in USAF service.	4213	McConnell AFB, Kansas	Display
B-47E-135-BW	53-4257	B-47 Tinker Air Force Base	0-34257	Tinker AFB Air Park Tinker AFB, Oklahoma	Display
B-47E-25-DT	52-0166	Strategic Air Command operated by the 9th Bombardment Wing, 509th Bombardment Wing, Medium & 40th Bomb Wing, Medium; last used by the United States Navy as a photographic training target at NAWS China Lake, California, and performed the last flight of a B-47 in June 1986 from NAWS China Lake to Castle AFB.	20166 Spirit	Castle Air Museum (former Castle AFB) Atwater, California	Display	[9]
B-47E-35-DT	52-1412	Assigned to the 301st Bombardment Wing, 97th Bombardment Wing, 384th Bombardment Wing, 321st Bombardment Wing, and 70th Bombardment Wing prior to its retirement in 1964. Currently undergoing gradual restoration.	1412	Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, Nebraska	Display	[10][11]
B-47E-45-DT	53-2104 N1045Y	Last role was as a TF34 engine testbed designated a NB-47E; civil registered for delivery flight to Pueblo Memorial Airport in 1979		Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society Pueblo, Colorado	Display	[12]
B-47E-55-DT	53-2135	Converted to an EB-47E; formerly operated by the 376th Bombardment Wing, Medium		Pima Air and Space Museum (adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB) Tucson, Arizona	Display	[13]

B-47H

USAF Designation	Serial or registration number	History	Markings	Location	Condition	Notes
RB-47H-1-BW	53-4296	Former 55th SRW aircraft; returned to duty from MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, for tests of F-111 radar system by the Air Force Avionics Laboratory, then retired to Eglin AFB, ca. 1976; RB-47 nose and F-111 radome replaced by standard B-47E nose, making it a bastardized configuration.		Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Florida	Display	[14]
RB-47H-1-BW	53-4299	This RB-47H was delivered to the USAF in October 1955. The aircraft served with the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing from 1955 until its retirement in 1966. It was deployed to several locations, including Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, and Yokota Air Base, Japan. It also flew missions over the former Soviet Union. The aircraft was delivered to the museum in 1998. After extensive restoration by museum personnel, it went on display in 2003, marked as it appeared in 1960.		National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.	Display	[15]

References

1. Chanute Air Museum
2. Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum
3. Grissom Air Museum
4. Kansas Aviation Museum
5. Hightower Park
6. John Weeks' Dyess Linear Air Park
7. March Field Museum
8. 8th Air Force Website
9. Castle AFB Museum
10. Strategic Air and Space Museum
11. John Weeks' SAC Museum Site
12. John Weeks' B-47 Website
13. Pima Air and Space Museum
14. Lloyd, Alwyn T., "Boeing's B-47 Stratojet", Specialty Press, North Branch, Minnesota, 2005, ISBN 978-1-58007-071-3, pages 209-210.
15. "Boeing RB-47H."National Museum of the USAF. Retrieved: 22 August 2015

External links

• B-47 Association preserved airframes
• John Weeks B-47 List
• Warbird Registry
• Baugher's Index of B-47 Variants
• AeroWeb's Boeing B-47 Stratojet on Display
• Boeing B-47 factsheet