Mechanics perform maintenance work on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, converted to an F-13 photographic reconnaissance variant, on Guam in the Mariana Islands. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
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B-29 Superfortresses from the 29th Bombardment Group taxi at North Field, Tinian in 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
B-29 Superfortress “The Cultured Vulture” from the 39th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group photographed on Iwo Jima in March 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Thumper” appears at Boeing Plant No. 2 in August 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc” flies over McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas on July 17, 2016. This was the B-29 aircraft’s first flight after being used by the U.S. Navy as a target for training in the...
A closeup view of the nose of the B-29 Superfortress named “Fleet Admiral Nimitz” after its landing at Guam, 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Maximum Load” of the 314th Bomb Wing is prepared for a mission at North Field, Guam, April 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress used by NACA for engine cooling research in June 1944. (NASA Photograph.)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 462nd Bomb Group line up on West Field, Tinian Island in the Mariana Islands, 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Boeing B-29 Superfortresses of 468th Bombardment Group, XX Bomber Command attack Rangoon, Burma in March 1945. (U.S. Library of Congress Photograph.)