However in about 1959 and 1960 there was a modification done on all B-47's (at least at Mcconnell AFB) to install rotating beacons on the top of the vertical stabilizer and on the bottom just forward of the front landing gear wheel well. The rotating beacons of that time consisted of two light bulbs positioned 180 degrees apart that rotated by an electric motor and gears inside of a red cover.
If it worked like the one attached? It did it did
I think that now days what was a rotating beacon has been replaced by a red strobe light and most people refer to them as strobe lights weather or not they are in fact strobes
I think Bob was only correcting the location of the aft beacon to correspond to the model light
David
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