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    Airframe Family: Boeing B450 / B-47 Stratojet
    Latest Model:WB-47E Stratojet
    Last Military Serial:51-2360 USAF
    Construction Number:450413
    Latest Owner or Location:Hill Aerospace Museum, Roy, Ogden, Utah

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a B-47E-55-BW by Boeing at Wichita, KS, USA.

    10 April 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-2360.

    Circa 10 April 1953

    Transferred to Grand Central Aircraft Company, Tucson, AZ.
    Sent to Grand Central for modification work.

    March 1954

    Transferred to 43rd Bombardment Wing (SAC), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    May 1956

    Transferred to 96th Bomb Wind (SAC), Altus AFB, OK.

    December 1957

    Transferred to 380th Bomb Wing, Plattsburg AFB, NY.

    August 1961

    Transferred to 96th Bombardment Wing (SAC), Dyess AFB, TX.

    January 1963

    Transferred to Lockheed Aircraft, Marietta, GA.
    Sent to Lockheed for conversion.

    Converted to a WB-47E.

    May 1963

    Transferred to 55th Weather SQDN (MATS), McClellan AFB, CA.

    March 1966

    Transferred to 53rd Weather SQDN (MATS), Hunter AFB, GA.

    May 1966

    Transferred to Ramey AFB, PR.

    July 1966

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.
    Dropped from USAF inventory and transferred to USAF Museum system.

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

    July 1966

    Ferry flight. Delivered to New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
    View the Location Dossier

    3 October 1979

    Damaged.
    Damaged in a severe storm with tornado.

    Repaired.
    Repaired using strut and engines from 53-6244.

    11 June 1992


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the New England Air Museum

    July 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At New England Air Museum, CT.

    2002

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Hill AFB disassembled.

    October 2002

    Loaned to Hill Aerospace Museum, Roy, Ogden, UT.
    View the Location Dossier

    Restoration started.

    2006

    Reassembled.

    26 May 2015


    Photographer: Frank Dieterich
    Notes: Boeing WB-47E Stratojet, s/n 51-2360 USAF, c/n 450413 Hill Aerospace Museum Roy-Ogden Utah

    26 May 2015


    Photographer: Frank Dieterich

    28 October 2021

    Placed up for sale as scrap: Scrap, WB-47E Boeing Stratojet, SN: 51-2360. All major components have been removed and extensively cannibalized. No data plate available and no record.
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    Hill Air Force Base Library
    New England Air Museum
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mark Schwalbe
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