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    Airframe Family: Boeing B450 / B-47 Stratojet
    Latest Model:WB-47E Stratojet
    Last Military Serial:51-2387 USAF
    Construction Number:450440
    Compressed ID:Boeing WB-47E sn 51-2387 USAF cn 45...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita McConnell Airport (West Side), Wichita, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-47E-55-BW by Boeing at Wichita, KS, USA.

    23 March 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-2387.

    Circa 23 March 1953

    Transferred to Grand Central Aircraft Corp, Tucson, AZ.
    For modification work.

    10 December 1953

    Transferred to 68th Bombardment Wing, Chennault AFB, Lake Charles, LA.

    3 November 1955

    Transferred to Tulsa, OK.
    Sent to Tulsa for modifications.

    By February 1956

    Transferred to 341st Bombardment Wing, Dyess AFB, TX.

    7 August 1958

    Transferred to 2nd Bombardment Wing, Hunter AFB, GA.

    5 September 1959

    Transferred to 22nd Bombardment Wing, March AFB, CA.

    2 February 1960

    Transferred to 4347th Combat Crew Training Wing, McConnell AFB, KS.

    25 April 1963

    Loaned to Lockheed, Marietta, GA.

    1963

    Converted to a WB-47E.

    From 1963 to 1966

    Returned from loan to 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Yakota AB, Japan.

    Circa 1967

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    1971

    To Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, OK.
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    7 June 2007

    Placed on display with Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita McConnell Airport (West Side), Wichita, KS.
    View the Location Dossier

    8 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    26 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    26 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    1 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Wichita McConnell AFB, KS, USA
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2022 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
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