B-29 Superfortress
1942 bomber aircraft family; heaviest bomber widely used by US forces in World War II
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Two B-29s in-flight
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B-29 at AAF Training Command B-29 Transition School, Maxwell Field
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B-29 with the huge B-36
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B-29 on the ground
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B-29 dropping bombs during the Korean War
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress USAF
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First B-29 to land on Iwo, 4 March 1945, and Marine observation plane on Airfield Number 1.
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B-29s dropping bombs over Japan
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Front side of OWI notice #2106, dubbed the “LeMay bombing leaflet”, which was delivered to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and 33 other Japanese cities on 1 August 1945.
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Dinah Might B-29 after making an emergency landing on Iwo Jima 4 March 1945
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The immenseness of the 141 foot wing span of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress based at Davis-Monthan Field is vividly illustrated here with the cloud topped Santa Catalina Mountains as a contrasting background.
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Rare color photograph of olive-drab painted B-29s.
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In flight
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flying with others
Enola Gay edit
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Enola Gay after strike at Hiroshima, 08/06/1945.
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" landing after the atomic bombing mission on Hiroshima, Japan.
Bockscar edit
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B-29 Bockscar
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B-29 Bockscar and a replica of Fat Man, on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
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Bockscar on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
Experimental programs edit
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Project Tom Tom: Boeing B-29 with Republic F-84 Thunderjet
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B-29 carrying the X-1