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    Airframe Family: Boeing B450 / B-47 Stratojet
    Latest Model:XB-47 Stratojet
    Last Military Serial:46-0066 USAAF
    Construction Number:15973
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1948

    Constructed as a XB-47.

    21 July 1948

    First flight.
    Flown by Boeing pilots.

    December 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 46-0066.

    Served as flying test bed for its entire career.

    1954

    Retired from active service.

    1954

    Transferred to Chanute AFB.
    Sent to Chanute for maintenance and familiarization training.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    October 1991


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Chanaute AFB Museum in RAntoul, IL.

    1994

    Placed on display with Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
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    19 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 April 2012


    Photographer: John Meneely
    Notes: Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, IL, USA.

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    16 September 2016

    To Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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    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 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    B-47.Com
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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