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    Airframe Family: Boeing B450 / B-47 Stratojet
    Latest Model:EB-47E Stratojet
    Last Military Serial:52-1412 USAF
    Construction Number:44096
    Compressed ID:Boeing EB-47E sn 52-1412 USAF cn 44...
    Latest Owner or Location:Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, Nebraska

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-47E-35-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, OK, USA.

    5 May 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-1412.

    May 1955

    Transferred to 301st Bombardment (Medium) Wing (Strategic Air Command), Barksdale AFB, LA.

    October 1957

    Transferred to Lockheed Aircraft, Marietta, GA.
    Sent to Lockheed for modification work.

    February 1958

    Transferred to 97th Bombardment (M) Wing (SAC), Biggs AFB, TX.

    January 1959

    Transferred to 384th Bombardment (M) Wing (SAC), Little Rock AFB, AR.

    June 1961

    Transferred to Lockheed Aircraft, Marietta, GA.
    Sent to Lockheed for modification work.

    August 1961

    Transferred to 321st Bombardment (M) Wing (SAC), McCoy AFB, FL.

    October 1961

    Transferred to 4047th Strategic Wing, (SAC), McCoy AFB, FL.

    November 1961

    Transferred to 70th Bombardment Wing (SAC), Little Rock AFB, AR.

    June 1962

    Transferred to 301st Bombardment Wing (SAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH.

    Converted to an EB-47E.

    March 1964

    Transferred to 3902nd Air Base Wing (SAC), Offutt AFB, NE.

    June 1964

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    June 1964

    To Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
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    1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1971

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.

    22 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, NE

    Circa 1997

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Moved to new facility while under construction.

    16 May 1998

    Placed on display with Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
    New museum opened.

    2001

    Loaned to Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Museum name changed.
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    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    22 June 2015

    To Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE.
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    Mike Henniger
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