- Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Wikipedia
Named in allusion to its predecessor, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the Superfortress was designed for high-altitude strategic bombing, but also excelled in low-altitude night incendiary bombing, and in dropping naval mines to blockade Japan
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress - National Museum of the USAF
DAYTON, Ohio -- Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Bockscar" at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (U S Air Force photo) The B-29 on display, Bockscar, dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug 9, 1945, three days after the atomic attack against Hiroshima
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress - World History Encyclopedia
Of nearly 50 B29 attacks flown from China in 1944 and early 1945, only nine actually hit Japan, and these and others against targets in Manchukuo, Korea, China, Formosa, and South East Asia did little strategic damage
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- B-29 Superfortress | AirPowerTour
It featured cutting-edge advancements, including a tricycle landing gear, an analog computer-controlled fire control system designed by General Electric, and a pressurized, climate-controlled cabin The fire control system allowed the crew to control the B-29's four exterior machine gun turrets remotely
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress - The Museum of Flight
Its performance enabled long-range systematic bombing of Japan in 1944 and 1945 Two modified B-29s dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945, helping end the war in the Pacific The B-29 continued in frontline bomber service through the Korean War
- B-29 Super Fortress - Boeing - B-29 - B29 - Army Air Corps Museum
It was one of the largest aircraft to see active service during World War II and was one of the most advanced bombers of its time, featuring innovations such as a pressurized cabin, a central fire-control system, and remote-controlled machine gun turrets
- B-29 | Definition Facts | Britannica
Designed by Boeing, the Superfortress was designed to meet Army Air Corps specifications written in January 1940 and was then modified to provide heavier armament and bomb load
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