On June 5, 1944-81 years ago today-the Boeing B-29 Superfortress flew its first combat mission. Assigned to the 20th Bomber Command, the B-29s were based in India and China, giving the United States a ...
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress could rightfully be described as the aircraft that ended the Second World War. It remains the only bomber to drop atomic bombs in wartime. The B-29 was designed in 1940 ...
TEXARKANA, Ark. (KSLA) - A piece of history flew through the skies over Texarkana Wednesday afternoon. On May 17, the B-29 Doc bomber flew to the Texarkana Regional Airport. Built in 1944, “Doc” is ...
Over the mountains of India, America gambled everything on an untested theory: that a bomber could reach targets no aircraft ...
The Texas Air and Space Museum will be hosting ground and flight deck tours of a rare, restored B-29 Superfortress through Sunday, at its location at 10001 American Drive near the Rick Husband ...
What some might call a monotonous trip down Interstate 380 becomes exponentially less so when made in a World War II era aircraft. Doc, one of the only two World War II Boeing B-29 Superfortress ...