United States Army Air Force

Boeing B-29 Superfortress
During WWII it was used only in the Pacific by the 20th Air Force against the Japanese. It was a very advanced bomber for it's day, with pressurized crew compartments and remote-controlled gun turrets.

While envisioned as a high altitude daylight bomber, it's greatest successes were low-level nighttime raids dropping incendiary bombs on the combustible Japanese cities. The B-29 "Enola Gay" and "Bock's Car" are famous for dropping the A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which ended the war.

After the war it became the main means of intended delivery for nuclear bombs. It was last used operationally in the Korean War conducting strategic bombing.

 

Role   

 Heavy Bomber

Year   

1943

Crew   

 10

Engines  

 Four 1600kW Wright R-3350-23 turbofan engines

Span   

141 feet

Length   

99 feet

Max Speed   

357 mph,
ceiling of 31,856 ft

Range  

2,823 miles

Armament   

(tail) 20mm cannon
12 x .50 cal. MG, four each in the top turrets and two each in the belly turrets, which were remotely controlled.

Bombload  
20,000 lbs.

 

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