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The B-29 was the progenitor of a series of Boeing-built bombers, transports, tankers, reconnaissance aircraft and trainers including the B-50 Superfortress (the first aircraft to fly around the world non-stop) which was essentially a re-engined B-29. The Soviet Union produced an unlicensed reverse-engineered copy as the Tupolev Tu-4. The Royal Air Force flew the B-29 as the Washington until phasing out the type in 1954. The B-29 served in various roles throughout the 1950s. One of the B-29’s final roles during World War II was carrying out the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.īecause of the B-29’s advanced design, unlike many other World War II-era bombers, the Superfortress remained in service long after the war ended, with a few even being employed as flying television transmitters for the Stratovision company. Designed for the high-altitude strategic bomber role, the B-29 also excelled in low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing missions. The name “Superfortress” continued the pattern Boeing started with its well-known predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress. A manned tail gun installation was semi-remote. Innovations introduced included a pressurized cabin, dual-wheeled, tricycle landing gear, and a remote, computer-controlled fire-control system that directed four machine gun turrets that could be operated by a single gunner and a fire-control officer. It was the single most expensive weapons project undertaken by the United States in World War II, exceeding the cost of the Manhattan Project by between 1 and 1.7 billion dollars. It was one of the largest aircraft operational during World War II and featured state of the art technology.
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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Udvar-Hazy Center – this place is not getting old ? ( Vought F4-1D Corsair, Horten HO III F, Panoramas of Museum, Restoring the glory, WW II airplanes, Modern Military aircraft).Academy – 1/72 Scale USAAF B-29A “Enola Gay & Bockscar” Plastic Model Kit Here are other posts from the National Museum of USAF ( modern military airplane, Cold War and Vietnam Era Planes and WW II aircraft) posts the Steven F. Here is the link to the B-29 info on the museum’s website and the additional one from the Wikipedia. Soviet Union really like the design and decided to reverse engineer it and Tupolev Tu-4 was the name of the Soviet copy.
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There were almost 4,000 various variants of B-29 produced and the bomber saw action during World War II and Korean War. The range of the Superfortress was also amazing – it was over 3000 miles. It surpassed all the predecessors in the weight of ordinance it could carry – almost 20,000 pounds. B-29 was the most complicated flying machine that man build in its time. The design of this beautiful bomber revolutionized the way we look not only on the military planes but the entire aviation. Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Bockscar” – the bomber which dropped the nuclear bomb on Nagasaki Udvar-Hazy Center or read my other post about her. There is another restored B-29s who is almost as famous, B-29 Enola Gay and you can see her at the Smithsonian Steven F. On the above photo, you can see the see the model of the A-bomb next to the beautifully restored plane. This particular one B-29, Bockscar, dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The B-29 on display, Bockscar, dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug.