Boeing B-29 Superfortress

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The B-29 Superfortress was used by the 20th Air Force in the Pacific to bomb the Japanese Home Islands. It was a very advanced bomber for its day, with pressurized crew compartments and remote-controlled gun turrets. While envisioned as a high altitude daylight bomber, its greatest successes were low-level nighttime raids dropping incendiary bombs on the combustible Japanese cities. The B-29 is most known for dropping the A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which ended the war. The Superfortress was also used in Korea.

Type: Long-range Strategic Heavy bomber

Crew: 10: Pilot, Copilot, Engineer, Bombardier, Radioman, 5 Gunners

Armament: Eight .50 cal machine guns (two in each of four power turrets)

three.50 cal machine guns (or two .50 cals and one 20 mm cannon) in the tail turret

up to 20,000 lb.. of bombs

Specifications:

Length: 99' 0" (30.18 m)

Height: 29' 7" (9.02 m)

Wingspan: 141' 3" (43.05 m)

Weight: 124,000 LB

Propulsion:

Engines: 4

Power plant: Wright R-3350-23 Cyclone 18

Horsepower: 2200 hp each

Performance:

Range: 3250 miles (5230 km)

Speed: 358 mph (576 km/h)

Ceiling: 31850 ft (9710 m)

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	Classic Combat Aircraft \| home Boeing B-29 Superfortress The B-29 Superfortress was used by the 20th Air Force in the Pacific to bomb the Japanese Home Islands. It was a very advanced bomber for its day, with pressurized crew compartments and remote-controlled gun turrets. While envisioned as a high altitude daylight bomber, its greatest successes were low-level nighttime raids dropping incendiary bombs on the combustible Japanese cities. The B-29 is most known for dropping the A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which ended the war. The Superfortress was also used in Korea. Type: Long-range Strategic Heavy bomber Crew: 10: Pilot, Copilot, Engineer, Bombardier, Radioman, 5 Gunners Armament: Eight .50 cal machine guns (two in each of four power turrets) three.50 cal machine guns (or two .50 cals and one 20 mm cannon) in the tail turret up to 20,000 lb.. of bombs Specifications: Length: 99' 0" (30.18 m) Height: 29' 7" (9.02 m) Wingspan: 141' 3" (43.05 m) Weight: 124,000 LB Propulsion: Engines: 4 Power plant: Wright R-3350-23 Cyclone 18 Horsepower: 2200 hp each Performance: Range: 3250 miles (5230 km) Speed: 358 mph (576 km/h) Ceiling: 31850 ft (9710 m) Click here for more B-29 pictures.