Thomas Jay Park in Tucson in Pima County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Boeing EB-47E

Photographed by James Hulse, November 9, 2021

1. Boeing EB-47E Marker

Inscription. Boeing
EB-47E
Stratojet
Electronic Warfare
1947-1964

On loan from the National
Museum of the United States Air Force

Erected by Pima Air & Space Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space.

Location. 32° 8.462′ N, 110° 52.233′ W. Marker is in Tucson, Arizona, in Pima County. It is in Thomas Jay Park. It can be reached from East Valencia Road 0.3 miles west of South Wilmot Road. The marker is located in the western section of the Pima Air & Space Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6000 East Valencia Road, Tucson AZ 85756, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Sky Islands,

in the Sonoran Desert,

and in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also the Gadsden Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this

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marker: Douglas EA-IF (within shouting distance of this marker); Avro AEW.Mk.2 (within shouting distance of this marker); Boeing EC-135J (within shouting distance of this marker); Fairey AEW.3 (within shouting distance of this marker); Grumman E-1 (within shouting distance of this marker); Lockheed EC-121T (within shouting distance of this marker); Convair B-36J Peacemaker (within shouting distance of this marker); Boeing KB-50 J (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tucson.

More about this marker. The marker is located on the outside section of the Pima Air & Space Museum. There is an entry fee required to visit both the inside and outside sections of the museum.

Also see . . . Boeing B-47 Stratojet.

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft. The primary mission of the B-47 was as a nuclear bomber capable of striking targets within the Soviet Union. Source: Wikipedia
Photographed by James Hulse, November 9, 2021

2. The front of the Boeing EB-47E and Marker

(Submitted on November 14, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

They Boeing EB-47E image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, November 9, 2021

3. They Boeing EB-47E

The first Boeing XB-47 built (S/N 46-065), taken on Dec. 1, 1947, before its first flight image. Click for full size.

Public Domain - US Air Force photo, 1947

4. The first Boeing XB-47 built (S/N 46-065), taken on Dec. 1, 1947, before its first flight

Credits. This page was last revised on November 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 323 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 14, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.