Author: Larry Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780897473705
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 57

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Beskriver det amerikanske bombefly B-29 Superfortress herunder udviklingshistorie og varianter

Author: Publications Squadronnsignal
Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications
ISBN: 9780897470308
Category : B-29 (Bomber)
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Beskriver det fra 2. verdenskrig kendte, amerikanske bombefly Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

Author: David Doyle
Publisher: MMD-Squadron Signal
ISBN: 9780897476492
Category : B-29 (Bomber)
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Author: Robert A. Mann
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786482761
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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The B-29 Superfortress was for many years a cornerstone of American military aviation. Best known as a bomber, it also served in reconnaissance, as a tanker, and as a rescue plane. It was a crucial tool for American and Allied forces during World War II, Korea and beyond. This operational history of the B-29 gives in-depth information on the career of each plane. A list of the names and serial numbers of the planes, each plane's history from delivery date to removal from service, a description of the B-29's physical characteristics and performance parameters, and a description of the five B-29 variants are provided. Sections of the book give complete mission data for the B-29's World War II service in the China-Burma-India theater of operations, operations over Japan, aerial mining missions and test atomic bombing runs.

Author: Robert F Dorr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782008357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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The ultimate piston-engined heavy bomber of World War 2, the first production B-29s were delivered to the 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing in the autumn of 1943. By the spring of 1944 the Superfortress was bombing targets in the Pacific, and by war's end the aircraft had played as great a part as any weapon in ending the conflict with the Japanese. Indeed, the final dropping of two atomic bombs from the B-29 convinced the Japanese to sue for peace. This book traces the wartime career of the B-29, as the aircraft went from strength to strength in the Pacific Theatre.

Author: Steve Birdsall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780897471046
Category : History
Languages : da
Pages : 79

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Beskriver det fra 2. verdenskrig kendte amerikanske bombefly Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

Author: Robert Hilton
Publisher: MMD-Squadron Signal
ISBN: 9780897476737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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With its pressurized cabins for high-altitude operation, its long range, large bomb capacity, and turbo-supercharged engines, the B-29 Superfortress was the epitome of cutting edge American air power during WWII. The author, a photographer with the 40th Bomb Group and a veteran of 83 Superfortress missions, offers a first-hand, eye-witness account and shares his experiences on reconnaissance and bombing missions, flying the 'Hump' and taking off from an advanced base in Sichuan, China, to pummel Japanese occupation forces throughout Asia. Then in early 1945, the 40th BG moved to newly-liberated Tinian from which they took part in the final chapter of WWII - the aerial assault on the Japanese home islands. Introduces you to fellow veterans of the 40th who relate their no-less extraordinary experiences - ditching in the Bay of Bengal, lost in the Siberian Taiga, downed behind enemy lines in China, taken prisoner after bailing out over Tokyo. Personal accounts from the men who served on the front lines of the air war in the Pacific, a unique primary historical source and a truly exciting read.

Author: Ben Skipper
Publisher: Air World
ISBN: 1399040677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 99

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The B-29 Superfortress was the definitive expression in piston-powered offensive air power. It was designed for an air force that was slowly realizing it needed larger and heavy aircraft to support its operations, especially in the Pacific. Riding on the waves made by the equally ground breaking B-17, the B-29 was a bigger, more capable and more complex platform which incorporated myriad lessons learned from the European air war. It was soon decided to utilize the B-29’s exceptional range of 3,250 miles in the Pacific Theater, where its payload would go on to wreak havoc among the forces of Imperial Japan. As well as military targets, the B-29s of the specially formed 20th Air Force would strike hard against the Japanese home islands, initially from bases in India and China, before following on behind MacArthur’s push towards Japan. It was from the island of Tinian that B-29s would drop atomic bomb over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The B-29 was a genuine behemoth of the skies, and its flight endurance would see its ten-man crew provided with rest bunks, remotely operated defensive guns and a tunnel linking the front and rear of the aircraft. It was also tough, capable of using the most basic landing strips, providing they were long enough. As a new aircraft it presented both new and converting pilots with a challenge, notwithstanding the B-29’s high-wing loading. From flying the large aircraft to operating its many systems, the B-29 was as complex as it was large, and each member of the ten-man crew had to know their role and perform it flawlessly to ensure operational efficiency. In the post-war era the B-29 was retained by the USAAF and, from 1948, the USAF as the primary strategic bomber. Indeed, the B-29’s fighting days were far from over and it would go on to see action over the skies of Korea. It would also supplement the Royal Air Force’s bomber capacity while Bomber Command awaited the arrival of the Canberra and its next generation of jet-powered V-bombers. The B-29 has more than earned its place in the halls of aviation fame. It was an aircraft ahead of its time that helped usher in a new age of military aviation and provided a tangible bridge between new and old ways.

Author: Chester W. Marshall
Publisher: Specialty Press
ISBN: 9780933424609
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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The photos in this edition are black and white. In addition to being the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the B-29 Superfortress was the only American heavy bombing aircraft that participated in both World War II and the Korean War. These photos depict the Superfortress in combat in the 1940s against a failing Japanese air force, and in the 1950s against ultra-fast and dangerous Russian-built MiG-15 jets. Includes hundreds of air-to-air shots, battle damage, paint schemes and markings, famous planes and air crews, Air Force bases and more.

Author: Gene Gurney
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359808654
Category : B-29 (Bomber)
Languages : en
Pages : 205

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B-29 Superfortress: The Plane that Won the War is the definitive work on the crucial role played by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress during World War II. Author Gene Gurney takes the reader from the super plane's inception, test flights and production to its combat deployments and its ultimate purpose of dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.