Boeing B-50A Superfortress, 47-101 / 15785, US Air Force
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Registration: 47-101
Construction Number: 15785
Code Number: K / BK-101
Military Unit: 43 BW 15 AF
Model Boeing B-50A Superfortress
Operator: US Air Force
Airport: Leeds / Bradford (Yeadon) (LBA / EGNM), UK - England
Airshow: Leeds/Bradford - SSAFA - 1953
Photographer: R.A.Scholefield
Date Taken: 25/05/1953
Date Submitted: 05/10/2009
47-101, serial marked as 7101 and named "Thunderbird", on TDY at Brize Norton, makes a fast low run over the crowd at Yeadon. It carries B-50D type underwing tanks. This was the last SAC B-50 unit to rotate through the U.K.
Picture ID:1195889