Preserved B-47 variants on display and their - The B-47 Stratojet ...
Preserved B-47 variants on display and their - The B-47 Stratojet ...
Preserved B-47 variants on display and their - The B-47 Stratojet ...
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Air Force Test Center Museum<br />
<strong>The</strong> B-<str<strong>on</strong>g>47</str<strong>on</strong>g>B at Edwards AFB bel<strong>on</strong>gs to the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum. Although it is not<br />
currently a <strong>display</strong> aircraft, it serves as an electr<strong>on</strong>ic <strong>and</strong> photographic target.<br />
B-<str<strong>on</strong>g>47</str<strong>on</strong>g>B 51-2120 Whiteman AFB, MO<br />
B-<str<strong>on</strong>g>47</str<strong>on</strong>g>B S/N 51-2120 at the current home of the 509th BW <strong>and</strong> the B-2 Bomber Fleet<br />
B-<str<strong>on</strong>g>47</str<strong>on</strong>g>B 51-2315 Grissom Air Museum, Peru, IN<br />
This March, 1961 photo shows the museum's B-<str<strong>on</strong>g>47</str<strong>on</strong>g> shortly after l<strong>and</strong>ing at what was then Bunker<br />
Hill AFB. Note the missing right outboard engine (#6). <strong>The</strong> engine exploded during an in-flight<br />
refueling, taking 15 feet of the wing with it. <strong>The</strong> wing was repaired, <strong>and</strong> the plane remained in<br />
service until an extra hard l<strong>and</strong>ing broke it's back. It was then turned over to the museum where it<br />
remains today.
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