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XB-29 with Test Pilot Eddie Allen After First Taxi Test

On Sept. 21, 1942, Legendary Boeing test pilot Eddie Allen took the first XB-29 on its initial flight and continued as the program's chief pilot until Feb. 18, 1943. On that date, during approach to Boeing Field, an engine fire led to the crash of the XB-29, which claimed the life of Allen and 10 other crew members. Allen was posthumously awarded the Daniel Guggenheim award, and The Boeing Company dedicated its high-speed wind tunnel and aeronautical research laboratories to him. Those facilities are still known today as the Edmund T. Allen Memorial Aeronautical Laboratories. 
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Unique identifier BI219398 
Boeing ID p13077 
Type Image 
Size 4709px × 3684px   16MB 
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