Goodbye to a B-47

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:23 am

Ken wrote:

Robins AFB had announced the same fate for the B-52D, but so far no action that I'm aware of.

It's sad, but inevitable, when there is no plan, funds, nor action. I can only hope they part out some stuff, such as radio panels, as there are similar era restorations what would benefit from a TACAN head, etc.

When will we hear that the Barksdale B-24 has met the same fate?

Ken

The B-24 will eventually meet the same fate as will the 6 B-17's and many B-25's that sit outside. It will happen within 6 to 8 years.

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:31 am

sandiego89 wrote:

blue3992 wrote:

.................The aircraft looked rough, definitely out of place with the rest of the relatively well maintained planes that were there.

Hoping they can save it, can’t imagine there are too many B-47s left......

Wiki lists 23 survivors. I believe only one is indoors at Dayton (did Seattle move their under the covered "shed?"), of the outside examples one is derelict on a range and only 4-5 are in decent, drier climates.

I do believe the damage from the tornado was a significant factor. When the structure is no longer safe museums may have to make some hard decisions. The very early F-14 gate guard at Oceana was a real loss, but I understand she was swiss cheese inside and was ready to fall apart.

The B-47 at the SAC Museum in Nebraska is also inside. Castle Air Museum has fund raising going on to construct a building to protect their collection. I hope they succeed.

67N20 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:46 pm

Pat Carry wrote:

Ken wrote:

Robins AFB had announced the same fate for the B-52D, but so far no action that I'm aware of.

It's sad, but inevitable, when there is no plan, funds, nor action. I can only hope they part out some stuff, such as radio panels, as there are similar era restorations what would benefit from a TACAN head, etc.

When will we hear that the Barksdale B-24 has met the same fate?

Ken

The B-24 will eventually meet the same fate as will the 6 B-17's and many B-25's that sit outside. It will happen within 6 to 8 years.

I was at Barksdale early last summer and went by all the static displays. They had all been painted (some not correctly) and the crew was finishing up the last plane. I have a bunch of pictures on my phone, need to post them here.

chainfeed · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2018 1:44 pm **Posts:** 49

Pat Carry wrote:

Ken wrote:

Robins AFB had announced the same fate for the B-52D, but so far no action that I'm aware of.

It's sad, but inevitable, when there is no plan, funds, nor action. I can only hope they part out some stuff, such as radio panels, as there are similar era restorations what would benefit from a TACAN head, etc.

When will we hear that the Barksdale B-24 has met the same fate?

Ken

The B-24 will eventually meet the same fate as will the 6 B-17's and many B-25's that sit outside. It will happen within 6 to 8 years.

Whats that? Hopefully it will be to have the moved somewhere that can display them indoors.

sandiego89 · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 12:28 pm **Posts:** 1199

Do I recall the Barksdale B-24 being really just a shell and stripped inside, in poor shape? Or do I have that confused with another Liberator survivor? I know it gets a lot of flack for being outside for so long and not offering excuses, but perhaps it wasn't much to even start with.

exhaustgases · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:26 pm **Posts:** 239

And why is this going to happen?

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