Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a retired 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. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the Superfortress was designed for high-altitude strategic bombing, but also excelled in low-altitude night incendiary bombing and in dropping naval mines to blockade Japan. Silverplate B-29s dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only aircraft ever to drop nuclear weapons in combat.

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1944 — 1960  Wikimedia, Wikidata
B-29 Superfortress; B29 Superfortress; Boeing Washington; F-13 Superfortress; FB-29J Superfortress; RB-29 Superfortress; Superfortress
length 30.18 metre, 
heavy bomber, land-based bomber monoplane, Boeing, United States Air Force, Royal Air Force, United States, 

AN/APS-20, B-29A Superfortress, B-29B Superfortress, Boeing P2B Superfortress, FIFI, Liberator I, Vickers Virginia, XB-29 Superfortress, XB-39 Superfortress, XB-44 Superfortress, 

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  B-29A Superfortress ⓘ
  bomber aircraft model by Boeing

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  B-29B Superfortress ⓘ
  bomber aircraft model by Boeing

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  Boeing P2B Superfortress ⓘ
  maritime patrol aircraft series by Boeing

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  FIFI ⓘ
  Airworthy Boeing B-29 Superfortress

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  XB-29 Superfortress ⓘ
  1942 bomber aircraft prototype by Boeing

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  XB-39 Superfortress ⓘ
  prototype bomber aircraft by Boeing

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  XB-44 Superfortress ⓘ
  converted B-29 with R-4360 radial engine

Frameless

Olive-drab painted B-29 superfortress

A Boeing B-29 Superfortress flying in high altitude

B29

X-1B attached to mothership B-29

Enola Gay at the Smithsonian

Dave's Dream on the Bombing Run, circa 1946

Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 34 (Boeing B-29 Superfortress)

Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 33 (Boeing B-29 Superfortress)

Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 32 (Boeing B-29 Superfortress)

Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 36 (Boeing B-29 Superfortress)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		B-29A Superfortress	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Wikidata
class	aircraft		B-29B Superfortress	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Boeing P2B Superfortress	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Wikidata
class	aircraft		FIFI	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Wikidata
class	aircraft		XB-29 Superfortress	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Wikidata
class	aircraft		XB-39 Superfortress	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Wikidata
class	aircraft		XB-44 Superfortress	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Wikidata
commons	image		Olive-drab painted B-29 superfortress		Commons
commons	image		A Boeing B-29 Superfortress flying in high altitude		Commons
commons	image		B29		Commons
commons	image		X-1B attached to mothership B-29		Commons
commons	image		Enola Gay at the Smithsonian		Commons
commons	image		Dave's Dream on the Bombing Run, circa 1946		Commons
commons	image		Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 34 (Boeing B-29 Superfortress)		Commons
commons	image		Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 33 (Boeing B-29 Superfortress)		Commons
commons	image		Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 32 (Boeing B-29 Superfortress)		Commons
commons	image		Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 36 (Boeing B-29 Superfortress)		Commons