Photograph Courtesy of the US Air Force
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Nation: United States
- Type: Heavy Bomber
- Wartime Service Dates: 1944-1945
- Range: 3,250 miles
- Airspeed: 357 mph
- Crew: 11
- Payload: 20,000 pounds
- Power plant: 4× Wright R-3350-23 turbosupercharged radial engines, 2,200 hp each
- Notes: The last long-range, heavy bomber developed by the United States during the war, the B-29 served exclusively in the fight against Japan, flying from bases in China and the Pacific. On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. A second was dropped from the B-29 Bockscar on Nagasaki three days later.
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