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    Airframe Family: Boeing B450 / B-47 Stratojet
    Latest Model:WB-47E Stratojet
    Last Military Serial:51-7066 USAF
    Construction Number:450609
    Compressed ID:Boeing WB-47E sn 51-7066 USAF cn 45...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-47E-75-BW by Boeing at Wichita, KS, USA.

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7066.

    1963

    Converted to a WB-47E.

    From 1963 to 1969

    Transferred to 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing, Hickam AFB, HI.

    From 1963 to 1969

    Flew weather reconnaissance flights for the U.S. Navy.

    29 October 1969

    Last flight.
    Last reconnaissance mission by a B-47.

    30 October 1969

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
    From McClellan AFB, CA. Last flight of active duty B-47.

    By November 1969

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    By November 1969

    Loaned to Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    By November 1969

    Parked on military ramp awaiting future display with new museum complex.

    Restored.
    Restored to B-47E configuration for display.

    13 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    November 1996


    Photographer: Unknown

    10 May 2009


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Without coat-of-arms in front of the museum of Flight, Seattle, WA

    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo outside Museum of Flight, Seattle
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