BOEING B-47 STRATOJET
B-47 SERVICE
| Manufacturer: | The Boeing Aircraft Co., Seattle, Washington, USA (In 1948, became The Boeing Airplane Co.) |
| Model: | Boeing Model 450 |
| Designations: | B-47; B-56 |
| Name: | Stratojet |
| First official flight: | (XB-47) 17/12/1947 |
| Factory production period: | 1946 - 1957 |
| Primary service period: | 1950 - 1957 |
| Last official flight: | (WB-47) 31/10/1969 |
B-47 VARIANTS
| 1947 | Model 450-3-3 | XB-47 | 2 | Total: 0002 | |
| 1950 | Model 450-10-9 | B-47A | 10 | ||
| 1951 | Model 450-11-10 | B-47B | 87 | ||
| 1951 | Model 450-67-27 | B-47B | 312 | 399 | Total: 0409 |
| 1953 | Model 450-157-35 | B-47E | 1344 | Total: 1344 | |
| 1953 | Model 450-126-29 | RB-47E | 52 | ||
| 1953 | Model 450-158-36 | RB-47E | 188 | 240 | |
| 1955 | Model 450-171-51 | RB-47H | 32 | ||
| 1955 | Model 450-171-36 | RB-47K | 15 | Total: 0287 |
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Grand Total: 2042 |
B-47 PRODUCTION
XB-47
Prototype strategic medium bomber,
6 engined, bubble tandem cockpit.
Produced
Boeing Seattle, Washington (BO)
| 46-065, 46-066 | 15972, 15973 |
2 |
Total: 0002 |
B-47A
As 2nd XB-47, engine upgrade, minor changes.
Produced
Boeing Wichita, Kansas (BW)
| 49-1900 / 49-1909 | 450001 / 450010 | 10 | Total: 0010 |
B-47B
As B-47A, higher weight, engine upgrade.
Douglas and Lockheed airframes assembled from
Boeing supplied components.
Produced
Boeing Wichita, Kansas (BW)
| 49-2642 / 49-2646 | 450011 / 450015 | ||
| 50-001 / 50-082 | 450016 / 450097 | ||
| 51-2045 / 51-2356 | 450098 / 450409 | 399 | Total: 0399 |
| - 10 assembled
by Douglas Tulsa, Oklahoma as B-47B-DT with Douglas c/n's: 43624 / 43633. - 8 assembled by Lockheed Marietta, Georgia as B-47B-LM with Boeing c/n's retained. - 1 (51-2145), completed by Lockheed as mock up only. |
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B-47E
As B-47B, revised nose section, tail gun, engine upgrade,
underwing fuel tanks, minor changes.
Douglas and Lockheed airframes used their own c/n's.
Produced
Boeing Wichita, Kansas (BW)
| 51-2357 / 51-2445 | 450410 / 450498 | ||
| 51-5214 / 51-5257 | 450499 / 450542 | ||
| 51-7019 / 51-7083 | 450562 / 450626 | ||
| 51-17368 / 51-17386 | 450660 / 450678 | ||
| 52-394 / 52-620 | 450679 / 450905 | ||
| 53-2261 / 53-2417 | 4501074 / 4501230 | ||
| 53-4207 / 53-4244 | 4501231 / 4501268 | ||
| 53-6193 / 53-6246 | 4501334 / 4501387 | ||
| 53-6249 | 4501390 |
694 |
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3 factory converted to ERB-47H. 499 additional airframes cancelled. |
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Douglas Tulsa, Oklahoma (DT)
| 52-019 / 52-054 | 43634 / 43669 | ||
| 52-055 / 52-120 | 43751 / 43816 | ||
| 52-146 / 52-201 | 44000 / 44055 | ||
| 52-1406 / 52-1417 | 44090 / 44101 | ||
| 53-2028 / 53-2040 | 44149 / 44161 | ||
| 53-2090 / 53-2170 | 44436 / 44516 |
264 |
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| 49 addditional airframes cancelled. | |||
Lockheed Marietta, Georgia (LM)
| 51-15804 / 51-15812 | 001 / 009 | ||
| 52-202 / 52-393 | 010 / 201 | ||
| 52-3343 / 52-3373 | 202 / 232 | ||
| 53-1819 / 53-1972 | 233 / 386 | 386 | Total: 1344 |
RB-47E
As B-47E, reconnaissance version, longer nose.
Produced
Boeing Wichita, Kansas (BW)
| 51-5258 / 51-5276 | 450543 / 450561 | ||
| 51-15821 / 51-15853 | 450627 / 450659 | ||
| 52-685 / 52-825 | 450906 / 4501046 | ||
| 52-3374 / 52-3400 | 4501047 / 4501073 | ||
| 53-4245 / 53-4264 | 4501269 / 4501288 | 240 | Total: 0240 |
RB-47H
Electronic reconn. version of RB-47E.
Produced
Boeing Wichita, Kansas (BW)
| 53-4280 / 53-4309 | 4501304 / 4501333 | ||
| 53-6247, 53-6248 | 4501388, 4501389 |
32 |
Total: 0032 |
| 12 additional airframes cancelled. | |||
B-47I
- Not used.
RB-47K
Photo / weather reconn. version of RB-47E.
Produced
Boeing Wichita, Kansas (BW)
| 53-4265 / 53-4279 | 4501289 / 4501303 |
15 |
Total: 0015 |
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Grand Total: 2042 |
B-47 CONVERSIONS
USAF
| B-47B-II | 200 | B-47B, 1954, complete upgrade to B-47E model standards. |
| DB-47B | 74 | B-47B, 1958, drone directors for QB-47E. |
| (YDB-47B) | 1 | DB-47B, 1953, conversion for launching guided Bell Rascal missile. |
| RB-47B | 24 | B-47B, 1953, reconn. conversions, later trainers for RB-47E. |
| (YRB-47B) | 1+ | B-47B, redesignation of some RB-47B. |
| TB-47B | 66 | B-47B, 1953, crew trainer. |
| WB-47B | 1 | B-47B, 1956-1963, weather reconn. aircraft, sometimes WR-47B. |
| XB-47D | 2 | Model 450-162-48/-49 B-47B, 1955, engine testbeds with new model numbers. |
| B-47E-II | 1000+ | B-47E, 1959, advanced modifications to airframes. |
| B-47E-IV | 1+ | B-47E, 1959, advanced modifications to airframes. |
| YDB-47E | 2 | Model 450-167-50 B-47E, 1954, service tests for Bell Rascal missile. |
| DB-47E | 2 | Model 450-172-52 B-47E, 1954, drone directors. |
| EB-47E |
1+ 2 |
B-47E, 1960, ECM converted aircraft. B-47E, 1965, US Navy conversions for ECM duties. |
| (EB-47E(TT)) | 2 | EB-47E, redesignation to monitor Soviet missile tests. |
| JB-47E | 1+ | B-47E, temporary conversions for test duties. |
| QB-47E | 14 | RB-47E, 1960, unmanned target drones, controlled by DB-47E's. |
| JQB-47E | 1+ | B-47E, temporary conversions as drone aircraft. |
| JRB-47E | 1+ | RB-47E, temporary conversions for test duties. |
| ETB-47E | 1+ | B-47E, trainers for ECM crews. |
| WB-47E | 34 | B-47E, 1963 - 1968, weather reconn. aircraft. |
| YB-47F | 1 | B-47B, 1952, receiver aircraft in mid-air refuelling tests. |
| KB-47G | 1 | B-47B, 1952, mid-air refuelling tanker. |
| ERB-47H | 3 |
B-47E(53-6245, 53-6246, 53-6249), factory converisons to RB-47H standard for covert operations. |
| YB-47J | 1 | B-47E, testbed for MA-2 radar bombing / navigation system. |
| EB-47L | 35 | B-47E, 1962, airborne communications / command post. |
| XB-56 | 1 | B-47B(50-082), 4-engined
prototype, later redesignated as the YB-56, then YB-47C, cancelled before completion. Production plans for the RB-56A, then RB-47C cancelled. |
Foreign Conversions
| Canadair CL-52 |
1 |
B-47B, 1956, loaned to RCAF as an engine test-bed. Assigned non-standard RCAF s/n: X-059. |