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RB-47H Nose art and additional detail shots
Tim writes,
"You can see from the
attached scans that some of the RB-47Hs carried some noseart.In fact, the shot
of the plane with the 'Dennis' noseart is #4299, the plane
they are restoring at the USAF Museum. You can still see on the plane a very
faint outline of the noseart if you look carefully. the museum may restore the
plane with this noseart.
These RB-47Hs only carried noseart while in the States. It was removed when the
planes were sent TDY overseas. They didn't want the Russians to be able to
identify individual planes or be able to tell just how many different planes
were snooping on them. These RB-47Hs were very often intercepted by Migs and
sometimes shot at. One RB-47H was shot down over international waters in
the Barents sea in July 1960 with the loss of the pilot and all 3 EWOs. The
co-pilot and navigator were pickup out of the sea and spent 8 months in a
Russian prison."
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 Pilot's position |
 Rear gear well, another view |
 Tail section |
