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Anyone remember these things. Revolutionary aircraft set the stage for modern air travel. My father flew these in the 60s. He was one of the lucky ones as over 200 were lost and more than 450 crewmen as well.
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divot02

Hi All. My old man used to TDY to Brize often when we were stationed in Lake Charles La. Revolutionary aircraft if a little difficult in new ways. I think The uncharted sciences behind this plane were way ahead of the times

I was stationed at Brize Norton, England in the late 50's when they would launch 6 or 8 B-47's every night to make 'chaff"runs along the Iron Curtain, for no other reason than to jam their radar & create turmoil, I guess one night Russia had enough as there was not one B-47 left in the UK. the next morning. We did lose some, but it was never advertised. By the way, the B-47 used 2 drag chutes, a smaller chute was used as a "fly around" chute to slow it down in the pattern, & then a after landing drag chute to help stop the Aircraft

Actually I had heard about the three RB-47s that were shot down, and others still attacked by Migs.
Seems like those recon models kept having "navigation problems" that would cause them to stray over Soviet airspace. I've also heard about some Broken Arrows, and some canopy problems. I just never figured it all added up to a loss rate that large.... But I admit I have not read that much beyond Boeing propaganda. I guess I haven't done my homework.

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Actually 3 were shot down. Never heard that ether Ill bet

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Well published sources. Look at Jet Age Man or other books on this aircraft. You are correct about the loss rate. It would never be tolerated today but that was the Cold War and this stuff was none of our business?

I am no expert on this aircraft, but 200 losses seems awfully high. That would be about 10 % of all production. Is that anecdotal information, or is there a published source?
I know that the B-47 had some problems at altitude, and that it suffered from sluggish takeoffs requiring a JATO when loaded, and high landing speeds requiring a drag chute--but I thought Boeing modifications and excellent training minimized the impact of those problems. I have never heard that the B-47 had a widow-maker reputation like the B-26 or the F-104. Even during the Cold War, that high an accident rate would have been hard to keep quiet.

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