Boeing B-47E-30-LM Stratojet/52-281.... sad ending
Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:42 pm
- Delivered to the United States Air Force.
Assigned to 310th Bomb Wing.
Withdrawn from use.
Scrapped, after 1971.
Anybody have any further information?
Re: Boeing B-47E-30-LM Stratojet/52-281.... sad ending
Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:01 pm
"He's dead, Jim."
Re: Boeing B-47E-30-LM Stratojet/52-281.... sad ending
Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:08 pm
According to the excellent 2018 Book The Boeing B-47 Stratojet, SAC's Transitional Bomber by Habermahl and Hopkins, 52-0281 was delivered in 1954 and out of service by May 1959...well ahead of its sister ships.
However, it does not appear in the list of losses (which seems to include ground write-offs from fires and the like), so we don't know how it came to be withdrawn from service.
Perhaps corrosion or a overdressed airframe from a storm or bad landing?
The 1959 date is before the milk bottle pin wing attach problems, so it wasn't found not to worth repairing from that issue.I
Judging by the pickups in the background, the photo is from the mid-60s or later.
However, it does not appear in the list of losses (which seems to include ground write-offs from fires and the like), so we don't know how it came to be withdrawn from service.
Perhaps corrosion or a overdressed airframe from a storm or bad landing?
The 1959 date is before the milk bottle pin wing attach problems, so it wasn't found not to worth repairing from that issue.I
Judging by the pickups in the background, the photo is from the mid-60s or later.
Re: Boeing B-47E-30-LM Stratojet/52-281.... sad ending
Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:58 pm
The photog is under the impression it was grounded after a bad landing, but wasn't 100% positive
Re: Boeing B-47E-30-LM Stratojet/52-281.... sad ending
Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:33 pm
Scott
That sounds right...a bad landing where something was stressed/bent would not be listed as a crash but it would likely still could be considered a Class A mishap. At any rate, there would be some paperwork involved to account for one less bomber.
If the WFU date in the book is correct, they sure kept it around awhile if it wasn't scrapped until after 1971. Certainly there was no reason to keep it around past 1968 as a parts source.
That sounds right...a bad landing where something was stressed/bent would not be listed as a crash but it would likely still could be considered a Class A mishap. At any rate, there would be some paperwork involved to account for one less bomber.
If the WFU date in the book is correct, they sure kept it around awhile if it wasn't scrapped until after 1971. Certainly there was no reason to keep it around past 1968 as a parts source.
Re: Boeing B-47E-30-LM Stratojet/52-281.... sad ending
Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:19 am
JohnB wrote:Scott
That sounds right...a bad landing where something was stressed/bent would not be listed as a crash but it would likely still could be considered a Class A mishap. At any rate, there would be some paperwork involved to account for one less bomber.
If the WFU date in the book is correct, they sure kept it around awhile if it wasn't scrapped until after 1971. Certainly there was no reason to keep it around past 1968 as a parts source.
The original caption (which I forgot to include) says this pic was taken in the fire training pit.
Re: Boeing B-47E-30-LM Stratojet/52-281.... sad ending
Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:25 pm
Does the photographer remember in what city/state this was taken? Must have been fairly accessible to get that graffiti on it - and somebody cared enough to paint over it. 