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    Airframe Family: Boeing B450 / B-47 Stratojet
    Latest Model:EB-47E Stratojet
    Last Military Serial:53-2135 USAF
    Construction Number:44481
    Compressed ID:Boeing EB-47E sn 53-2135 USAF cn 44...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-47E-55-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, OK, USA.

    20 April 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-2135.

    April 1964

    Converted to an EB-47E.

    Transferred to 6th Bombardment (Medium) Wing, Lockbourne AFB, OH.

    8 December 1964

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number BB553.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    From 1969 to 1991

    Placed on display with Pima County Air Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    By May 1977


    Photographer: Unknown

    By 1980

    Markings Applied: 2135, U.S. AIR FORCE, 32135
    In the markings of 376th Bombardment Wing, Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, 1964.

    25 September 1980


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1980 photo at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ - of a Boeing EB-47E Stratojet

    November 1987


    Photographer: jm Bryant
    Notes: Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum.

    1991

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
    Mike Henniger
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