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Mechanic Servicing a B-29 Superfortress, Dwarfed by Propeller
B-29 Superfortress Engine Maintenance
B-29 Superfortress Preparing for Test Flight
Crew Starting B-29 Superfortress Engines
Maintenance on KB-29 Superfortress Tanker
B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay Doors
KB-29 Tanker Preparation for Flight to Midway
B-29 Superfortresses Framed by Propellers
Two Men Turning a Propeller on a B-29 Superfortress
B-29 Superfortresses Flight Line,
B-29 Superfortress Engines in Flight
Typical Engine for a B-29 Superfortress Prototype
B-29 Superfortress Preparing for Takeoff
B-29 Superfortress Armament
B-29 Superfortress Wing Washers
B-29 Superfortress in Service Hangar
Men Inside B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay
B-29 Superfortress Aft Pressurized Compartment
B-29 Superfortress Manufacturing
B-29 Superfortress Cockpit
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B-29 Superfortress Propeller
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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BI211990
Boeing ID
t136
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1940s
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B-29 Superfortress (Model 345)
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