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    Boeing B-47 Stratojet - Wikipedia

    The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft. The primary mission of the B-47 was as a nuclear bomber capable of … See more

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    The B-47 arose from an informal 1943 requirement for a jet-powered reconnaissance bomber, drawn up by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to prompt … See more

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    The USAF Strategic Air Command operated multiple B-47 models (B-47s, EB-47s, RB-47s and YRB-47s) from 1951 through 1965. Upon … See more

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    Twenty-three surviving airframes exist in museum collections; all are located in the United States. See more

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    The XB-47, which looked nothing like contemporary bombers, was described by Boyne as a "sleek, … See more

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    Section source: Baugher. XB-47 Two prototype aircraft, Model 450-1-1 and 450-2-2 respectively,(46-065 and 46-066); powered by six Allison J-35-GE-7 turbojet engines on early flights. The second XB-47 was powered by General Electric J-47-GE-3 engines, the … See more

    Over its operating life, 203 B-47s were lost in crashes, with 464 deaths. This represents approximately 10% of the total number produced.
    On 8 February 1954, a B-47 of the 22nd Bomber Wing, March AFB, California, crashed in Stoke … See more

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