The first production model, the B-47A "Stratojet" made its ... This RB-47 was retired from active service in 1966. The post Boeing's B-47 Stratojet Goes Cold War Spying: The story of the RB ...

11033243.2 At the end of the Second World War in August 1945 large numbers of U.S. bombers were scrapped. This included not only the B-17 and the B-24, but also the, at that time still modern, B-29.

The co-pilot managed to land the bomber safely – and Boeing redesigned the canopy. The exhaustive tweaking and testing paid off in dividends – although the finished B-47 Stratojet still had ...