The B-29 Superfortress was designed to bomb Japan from 30,000 feet, but the biggest killer wasn’t enemy fighters or flak—it was the plane itself. Crews depressurized in combat to avoid catastrophic ...

The famous WWII-era B-29 Superfortress bomber is the only aircraft to ever drop nuclear weapons in combat, as it was the aircraft which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The aircraft was ...

Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething ...

The Cadillac of Bombers The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is one of the most iconic aircraft in aviation history. While it i ...

When it comes to the military aircraft that have shaped world history, there may be no single airplane model with a greater impact than the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The B-29 didn't just push the ...

Sky watchers in the York and Adams county area were treated to a special view on Monday afternoon, with a rare glimpse of one of only two operational B-29 Superfortress bombers while it transited the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Boeing's B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of World War II, and the first bomber to house its crew in ...