B47 Model Airplane: A Scale Replica That Dazzles Everyone

Warplanes brings and introduces you a finely handcrafted B47 Stratojet airplane model made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Our highly skilled master craftsmen painstakingly and passionately worked on the B-47 scale model airplane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.

The Boeing B-47 model airplane's paint scheme and markings are extremely accurate and precise, depicting the true original B-47 airplane model. Like all other airplane models, the B-47 Bomber replica comes complete with fuselage, wings and glass cockpit and other intricate parts. It also comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your B47 scale model airplane to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality B47 Stratojet model plane will surely mesmerize anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.

B-47 Stratojet History:

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet jet bomber was a medium-range and medium-size bomber capable of flying at high subsonic speeds, primarily designed for penetrating the Soviet Union. A major innovation in post-World War II combat jet design, it helped lead to the development of modern jet airliners. While the B-47 never saw major combat use, it was the mainstay of US Air Force Strategic Air Command in the 1950s.

By 1956 the U.S. Air Force had 28 wings of B-47 bombers and five wings of RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft. The bombers were the first line of America's strategic nuclear deterrent, often operating at forward bases in the UK, Morocco, Spain, Alaska, and Guam. B-47 bombers were often set up on one-third alert, with a third of the operational aircraft available sitting on the runway, loaded with fuel and nuclear weapons, crews on standby, ready to take off for no-holds-barred attack against the USSR at short notice.

The only B-47s to see anything that resembled combat were the reconnaissance variants. They operated from almost every airfield that gave them access to the USSR, and they often probed Soviet airspace. Occasionally, B-47 pilots were caught in situations from which mostly speed and evasion in retreat saved them. At least five of these aircraft were fired on, and three of these were shot down.

Final phaseout of B-47 bomber wings began in 1963, and the last bombers were out of service by 1965. The very last USAF operational aircraft was grounded in 1969. The US Navy kept specialized test aircraft in occasional use up to 1976. The final recorded flight of a B-47 was on June 17, 1986. There are at least 15 B-47s that survive on static display, but none are still flying.