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B-29 Superfortress Armament
B-29 Superfortress Tail Rear Gun Turret
B-29 Superfortress on Tarmac
B-29 Superfortress Tail Section and Tail Gunner's Compartment
Men Inside B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay
Men Working on a B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay
B-29 Superfortress Manufacturing
B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay Doors
B-29 Superfortress with Woman in Observation Window and People on Tail
B-29 Superfortress Tail
Seven B-29 Superfortresses on Tarmac
B-29 Superfortress Aft Pressurized Compartment
B-29 Superfortress Computing Gunsight Blister
B-29 Superfortress Wing Body Mating
B-29 Superfortress Manufacturing
B-29 Superfortress in Service Hangar
B-29 Superfortress Engine Maintenance
B-29 Superfortress Wing Washers
Men Inside B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay
B-29 Superfortress Dorsal Fin Inspection
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Service Worker on B-29 Superfortress Tail
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the most technologically advanced airplane produced during World War II, first flew Sept. 21, 1942. The B-29 had many new features, including guns that could be fired by remote control. The crew areas were pressurized and connected by a long tube over the bomb bays. The tail gunner had a separate pressurized area that could only be left during unpressurized flight. At 105,000 pounds, the B-29 was also the heaviest production plane because of increases in range, bomb load and defensive requirements. The B-29 used the high-speed Boeing 117 airfoil, and its larger Fowler flaps added to the wing area as they increased lift. Modifications led to the B-29D, upgraded to the B-50, and the RB-29 photo reconnaissance aircraft. The Soviet-built copy of the B-29 was called the Tupolev Tu-4. A total of 3,970 B-29s were built.
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Unique identifier
BI22536
Boeing ID
x507
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1940s
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bombers
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day
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ground shots
historic production status
large
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propeller planes
scanned from film negative
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tail rudders
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