| Approximately 40 B-47Es were
fitted with additional electronics countermeasures equipment, and redesignated as EB-47Es.
This variant featured a two man crew located in a pod in the bomb bay, similar in design
to the RB-47H. The EB-47E was primarily a jammer, and externally was identical to the
B-47Es that they were expected to accompany. Several EB-47Es were fitted with a special
electronics countermeasures package mounted in the bomb bay. Known as "Blue
Cradle" EB-47Es, these aircraft did not require the additional crew members. |
