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Rosie the Riveter
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Men Working on a B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay
B-29 Superfortress Assembly
B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay Section Under Construction
B-29 Superfortress Forward Section Manufacturing
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B-29 Superfortress Inboard Wing Manufacturing
Criss Cross Patterns of B-29 Dorsal Fins
Cleaning a B-29 Superfortress Wing
B-29 Superfortress Dorsal Fin Inspection
B-29 Superfortress Wing Washers
B-29 Superfortress Manufacturing
Manufacturing Line of B-29 Superfortress Noses
Boeing News Cover, February 1943
B-29 Superfortress Wing Production, Rosie the Riveter
Men Inside B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay
Testing the Pressurized Section of the B-29 Superfortress Fuselage
Men Inside B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay
B-29 Superfortress Wing Spar Assembly
Man and Woman Bucking Rivets on a B-17 Flying Fortress
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Wiring the Flight Engineer's Board on a B-29 Superfortress
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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