The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

Mar 3, 2025 · The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engined, long-range bomber of the United States Air Force. The largest of all Second World War (1939-45) bombers, B-29s were used to strike Japanese targets from the summer of 1944.

On the morning of August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Jan 17, 2025 · B-29, U.S. heavy bomber used in World War II. It was designed by Boeing and first flew in September 1942. Its missions included firebombing Tokyo and other Japanese cities and dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on August 6 …

The B-29 on display, Bockscar, dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic attack against Hiroshima. Bockscar was one of 15 specially modified "Silverplate" B-29s assigned to the 509th Composite Group.

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a United States Army Air Forces long range, strategic heavy bomber that was produced in many experimental and production models from 1943 to 1946.

Feb 13, 2024 · Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress was a strategic bomber used to defeat Japan in WWII and was intended for transoceanic missions. It faced challenges with its Cyclone radial engines, but modifications were made to improve their performance.

Range with 12,000 lbs (5400 kg) bomb load: 2600 km (1616 miles) at medium altitude. Maximum bomb load: 20,000 lbs (9100 kg) during short distances and flying at low altitude. Normal bomb load: 4200 lbs (1900 kg). Possible to fly at high altitude.

Thus began the long, sometimes tragic journey which would culminate in the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, unquestionably the most formidable bombing aircraft of the Second World War.

The Enola Gay (/ ə ˈ n oʊ l ə /) is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets.On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare.The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and …