The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was an 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.

DAYTON, Ohio -- Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Bockscar" at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo) The B-29 on display, Bockscar, dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic attack against Hiroshima.

2025年3月14日 · B-29, U.S. heavy bomber used in World War II. It was designed by Boeing and first flew in September 1942. Its missions included firebombing Tokyo and other Japanese cities and dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on …

2025年3月3日 · The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engined, long-range bomber of the United States Air Force. The largest of all Second World War (1939-45) bombers, B-29s were used to strike Japanese targets from the summer of 1944. In August 1945, the B-29s 'Enola Gay' and 'Bockscar' each dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, …

2024年2月13日 · The Boeing B-29 Superfortress strategic bomber was arguably the primary instrument for the United States of America in defeating Axis Japan. The B-29 did not just haul two infamous atomic bombs but also carried general bombs, firebombs, and mines to destroy Japan’s ability to make war.

The B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine, propeller-driven bomber with a pressurized cabin and advanced features for long-range, high-altitude bombing missions. It had a distinctive high-mounted wing and a sleek, streamlined fuselage design.

Development of the Boeing Superfortress "very heavy bomber" began late in 1939, and the first XB-29 made its initial flight on Sept. 21, 1942. In a bold wartime gamble, the AAF ordered the plane into quantity production months before that first flight.

2024年12月25日 · A high-altitude strategic bomber with an average speed of 220 miles per hour, a 3,200-mile range, and the capacity to carry an overwhelming quantity of explosives, the B-29 contributed significantly to help end the Second World War. Boeing B-29s drop bombs over Rangoon, Burma.

The modified Silverplate B-29 was significantly different from other B-29 Superfortress planes conducting conventional bombing raids over Japan. Most people are aware that Boeing's B-29 Superfortress was the plane that made the first atomic attacks.

Thus began the long, sometimes tragic journey which would culminate in the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, unquestionably the most formidable bombing aircraft of the Second World War.