FWIW, Was in USAF from 66 thru 70 half of that time in nuclear weapons. The control in that time period was stifiling now as the B47 your mister Dixon would have to be in his late 70s or early 80s to be a crew chief because it was phased out long before I got in and it was designed to be a long range jet bomber which was very slow and under powered and also it's range was somewhere around 1500 miles before refueling with a KC97 prop job which took forever to hookup and refuel. Two big requirements for a nuclear bomber is either high altitude capable like the B52 or fast after drop to avoid the aftershock or risk being blown out of the sky. I think the B47's ceiling was FL390 which was barely out of the envelop and definitely had no getaway power like the B58 Hustler.
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