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Boeing submitted the prototype for the B-29 long-range heavy bomber to the Army in 1939, before the United States entered World War II. ... The B-29 had many new features, including guns that could be fired by remote control. The crew areas were pressurized and connected by a long tube over the bomb ... Classification: Bomber...
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www.boeing.com/history/boeing/b29.html
www.boeing.com/history/boeing/b29.html
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The Story of Lake Mead's B-29 ... In July of 1948, a B-29A Superfortress bomber was on an Army Air Forces scientific mission to study variations in solar radiation with altitude as part of the Upper Air Research Project. The mission called for runs from "as low as possible" to 30,000 feet and back.
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www.indepthconsulting.com/B29/B29Lost.htm
www.indepthconsulting.com/B29/B29Lost.htm
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Enola Gay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Enola Gay is the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, code-named "Little Boy", to be used in war, by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the attack on Hiros...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay
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Home | Biography | Recent Publications | Book Reviews; Russian Names | Azeri Names | Estonian Names; World of Names | Name Factors | B-29 Bomber Names; Library of Congress Interview | Bible Names...
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www.fredonia.edu/faculty/emeritus/EdwinLawson/b29/index...
www.fredonia.edu/faculty/emeritus/EdwinLawson/b29/index.html
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The Boeing B-29 was designed in 1940 as an eventual replacement for the B-17 and B-24. The first one built made its maiden flight on Sept. 21, 1942. Developing the Boeing B-29 was a program which rivaled the Manhattan Project in size and expense. ... Technically a generation ahead of all other heavy bomber types in World War II,
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www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-29.htm
www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-29.htm
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The bomber also had two bomb bays, which were designed to release bombs alternately so that the aircraft's balance was maintained. After the war, some B-29 bomb bays were modified to carry research planes that were launched from the air.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/sfeature/historyb29.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/sfeature/historyb29.html
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Special Features; The B-29 ... A Brief History; The WASP and the B-29; Video Clips of the Superfortress in Flight; Tour the Plane ... Chapter 5: WASPS, from "A WASP Among Eagles: A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II," by Ann Baumgartner Carl;
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/sfeature/index.html
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As part of the last B-29 production run the bomber was delivered eleven days after the surrender of Japan on September 13th, 1945. In 1947 the plane had its defensive armament removed and was designated as a reconnaissance plane.
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www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov/maritime/expeditions/b29.html
www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov/maritime/expeditions/b29.html
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Since the discovery of the sunken B-29 Bomber in Lake Mead in August 2002 the wreck site has fallen under a Special Diving Restriction preventing visitation by the general public. This site has had significant historical importance and has been designated a submerged cultural resource.
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www.divetheb29.com/
www.divetheb29.com/
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