NAID 400242508 The B-47 Bomber USAF 1952

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Produced in 1952, this original USAF film was designed to introduce pilots to the Strategic Air Command's main strategic jet bomber, Boeing's B-47 Stratojet. The B-47 was cutting edge for its time and a handful to film, so in this film, Hollywood star Reed Hadley, who had made numerous films as a member of the First Motion Picture Unit during WW2 and was the host of the rather spooky hydrogen bomb test film about Ivy Mike, here takes a group of new trainees through the development of the B-47 and the quirks of flying this very different type of aircraft.

Over 2,000 B-47s of various types were produced, and the aircraft would serve in the US Air Force from 1951 until the final EB-47E variant was retired in 1977. You can see an excellent example of an EB-47E at the Pima Air and Space Museum. Check PASM out via the links below.

NARA Film reference: "The B-47 Bomber", NAID: 400242508

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Public domain

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United States Air Force

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