List of surviving Boeing B-47 Stratojets
Serial Geographic location Institutional location History
46-66 Southern California Air Force Flight Test Museum Built at Boeing Seattle as XB-47 . The second XB-47 built , after 46-65 . First flight 21 July 1948 . Test flown at Edwards AFB . In 1954 46-65 was scrapped , making 46-66 the oldest B-47 in existence , and the only surviving XB-47 . Previously displayed at the since-closed Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum at the former Chanute AFB , Illinois . Returned to Edwards AFB in 2016 . Awaiting funds for restoration
50-0062 Pooler , Georgia Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum Built at Boeing Wichita as B-47B . In 1954 redesignated as TB-47B ( test aircraft ) . Used in 1957 as JTB-47B , and immediately after re-converted to TB-47B . Designated as museum aircraft in 1961 ( also redesignated as NTB-47B in 1961 ) . Sent to Florence Air and Missile Museum in 1965 . Sent to Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in 1998
51-2075 Southern California Air Force Flight Test Center , Edwards AFB Built as a B-47B . Redesignated EB-47B then JB-47B Jan 1956 , TB-47B Feb 1956 , and JTB-47B Mar 1956 . Subsequently , updated and redesignated TB-47B again . Put on display at Air Force Flight Test Center Museum , Edwards , AFB , California . Later put out on bombing range at Edwards AFB to be used a photographic target
51-2120 Knob Noster , Missouri Whiteman AFB Built as a B-47B . Operated by SAC 's 509 BW
51-2315 Peru , Indiana Grissom Air Museum Built as a B-47B . Observed at Grissom 1996 wearing false serial 20271 . However , 51-2315 was in a major accident prior to 1968 . 52-0271 was indeed at Bunker Hill AFB ( later Grissom AFB ) , and maybe this plane is actually the real 52-0271 ? The plane now bears the markings 12135 and a sign says that the plane broke its back on a hard landing at Bunker Hill AFB , which forced its retirement , so it may well be the real 51-2315
51-2360 Ogden , Utah Hill Aerospace Museum Built at Boeing Wichita plant as a B-47E . Delivered 10 April 1953 . Converted WB-47E . Displayed at New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks , Connecticut . Severely damaged during storm . Transferred to Hill AFB in 2002 . Currently under restoration
51-2387 Wichita , Kansas Kansas Aviation Museum Built as a B-47E ( later converted to a WB-47E ) . Was on display at Oklahoma City Fair Grounds , Oklahoma City . In 2007 moved to Kansas Aviation Museum
51-7066 Seattle , Washington Museum of Flight Built as a B-47E ( later converted to a WB-47E ) . Restored to SAC bomber configuration for display
51-7071 Altus , Oklahoma Hightower Park Built as a B-47E . Former 96th Bombardment Wing , Medium aircraft . On display at Hightower Park , Altus , Oklahoma , marked as 520413 . Manufacturer 's plate shows MSN to be 450595 , which may mean that the plane is not 51-7071 but 51-7052
52-0166 Atwater , California Castle Air Museum Built by Douglas-Tulsa as a B-47E . Strategic Air Command operated by the 9th Bombardment Wing , 509th Bombardment Wing , Medium & 40th Bomb Wing , Medium ; last used by the United States Navy as a photographic training target at NAWS China Lake , California . Performed the last flight of a B-47 in June 1986 from NAWS China Lake to Castle AFB
52-0412 Abilene , Texas Dyess AFB Built as a B-47E ( later converted to EB-47E ) ; later operated by the US Navy 's Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group ( FEWSG ) as a Government Owned/Contractor Operated aircraft ( with tail # 24120 ) until retired in 1977
52-0595 Little Rock , Arkansas Little Rock AFB Built as a B-47E
52-1412 Ashland , Nebraska Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum Built at Douglas-Tulsa as a B-47E ( later converted to EB-47E ) . Assigned to the 301st Bombardment Wing , 97th Bombardment Wing , 384th Bombardment Wing , 321st Bombardment Wing , and 70th Bombardment Wing prior to its retirement in 1964 . Currently undergoing gradual restoration
53-2104 Pueblo , Colorado Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum Built as a B-47E . Last role was as a TF34 engine testbed designated a NB-47E . Civil registered for delivery flight to Pueblo Memorial Airport in 1979 . Was at one time loaned to the Navy as 532104
53-2135 Tucson , Arizona Pima Air and Space Museum Built by Douglas-Tulsa as a B-47E ( later converted to EB-47E ) . Sent to Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center ( MASDC ) Dec 8 , 1964 ; now at Pima Air and Space Museum . Formerly operated by the 376th Bombardment Wing , Medium
53-2275 Riverside , California March Field Air Museum Built as a B-47E . It was used by the USN and was retired to China Lake , California , from where it was moved to March Field Air Museum sometime after 1986 . Was once or still known as Betty-Boop
53-2276 Bossier City , Louisiana Barksdale Global Power Museum Built as a B-47E ( later converted to JB-47E ) . Former 303rd Bombardment Wing , Medium aircraft
53-2280 Albuquerque , New Mexico National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Built as a B-47E . In the 1960s this aircraft was used as a test bed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base under the designation JB-47E . It was the first USAF aircraft with a fly-by-wire control system . Transferred to the NMUSAF in 1969 and displayed until 2003 . In 2013 it was transferred to the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque , New Mexico for permanent display
53-2385 Plattsburgh , New York Plattsburgh International Airport Built as a B-47E
53-4213 Wichita , Kansas McConnell AFB Built as a B-47E . Operated by Strategic Air Command 's 98th Bombardment Wing , Medium & 308th Bombardment Wing , Medium . One of the last B-47s operated at the former Lincoln AFB , Nebraska before departing on 7 December 1965 ; 53-4213 participated in Operation Fast Fly which was the retirement of the last B-47s in USAF service . Was on display at Wichita , Kansas airport 1965-1988 . Moved to McConnell AFB , Kansas in 1988
Surviving aircraft
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet is an American jet-engine Strategic Bomber used by the United States Air Force from 1951 until 1977. Of the 2,032 aircraft built, 23 survive today, none of which are airworthy, and all of which are located in the United States.