Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Model 345)

Strategischer Bomber

Boeing B-29A Superfortress US Army Air Force (USAAF) 44-61669 11146 © Karsten Palt

Foto ©: Karsten Palt

Die Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Modell 345) ist ein viermotoriger schwerer Langstrecken-Bomber des US-amerikanischen Herstellers Boeing Company.

Die B-29 Superfortress war mit druckbelüfteten Bereichen für die Besatzung ausgestattet um Einsätze in großen Höhen zu ermöglichen. Die B-29 war das erste Flugzeug, dass Nuklearwaffen eingesetzt hat (Enola Gay, Hiroshima und Bockscar, Nagasaki).

Besatzung

Antriebsart	4 Sternmotoren
Triebwerkstyp	Wright R-3350-23 Duplex Cyclone
Leistung je TW	1645 kW	2206 hp

Geschwindigkeit	576 km/h	311 kts 358 mph
Dienstgipfelhöhe	10.241 m	33.600 ft
Reichweite	11.019 km	5.950 NM 6.847 mi.

Leergewicht	31.815 kg	70.140 lbs
max. Startmasse	56.245 kg	124.000 lbs

Spannweite	43,05 m	141 ft 3 in
Tragflügelfläche	161,3 m²	1736 ft²
Länge	30,18 m	99 ft 0 in
Höhe	9,02 m	29 ft 7 in

Erstflug	21.09.1942
Produktionsstatus	nicht mehr in Produktion
Produktionszeitraum	1943-1946
Gesamtproduktion	4000

ICAO Code	B29
Daten für (Version)	Boeing B-29 Superfortress

[Photo-ID: 5345] © Karsten Palt 2012-01-11
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-27297 c/n: 3615 Bockscar
National Museum of the United States Air Force [Dayton, Ohio / USA (Wright-Patterson AFB)]

[Photo-ID: 5344] © Karsten Palt 2012-01-11
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-27297 c/n: 3615 Bockscar
National Museum of the United States Air Force [Dayton, Ohio / USA (Wright-Patterson AFB)]

[Photo-ID: 13198] © Karsten Palt 2016-10-10
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-61535 c/n: 10896 composite aircraft of 44-70064, 44-61535, 44-84084
Castle Air Museum [Atwater, CA]

[Photo-ID: 13199] © Karsten Palt 2016-10-10
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-61535 c/n: 10896 composite aircraft of 44-70064, 44-61535, 44-84084
Castle Air Museum [Atwater, CA]

[Photo-ID: 10909] © Karsten Palt 2015-06-03
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-70016 c/n: 10848
Pima Air and Space Museum [Tucson, AZ]

[Photo-ID: 10910] © Karsten Palt 2015-06-03
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-70016 c/n: 10848
Pima Air and Space Museum [Tucson, AZ]

[Photo-ID: 10231] © Karsten Palt 2014-05-28
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-86292 Enola Gay, the aircraft from were the first nuclear bomb (little boy) was dropped on Hiroshima
NASM Udvar Hazy Center [Chantilly, VA]

[Photo-ID: 10232] © Karsten Palt 2014-05-28
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-86292 Enola Gay, the aircraft from were the first nuclear bomb (little boy) was dropped on Hiroshima
NASM Udvar Hazy Center [Chantilly, VA]

[Photo-ID: 1174] © Karsten Palt 2008-07-16
	Boeing B-29A Superfortress United States Air Force (USAF) Reg.: 44-61748 c/n: 11225 ex G-BHDK
Imperial War Museum [Duxford Aerodrome (EGSU / QFO)]

[Photo-ID: 13081] © Karsten Palt 2016-07-10
	Boeing B-29A Superfortress United States Air Force (USAF) Reg.: 44-61748 c/n: 11225 ex G-BHDK
Imperial War Museum [Duxford Aerodrome (EGSU / QFO)]

[Photo-ID: 11260] © Karsten Palt 2015-06-04
	Boeing B-29A Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-61669 c/n: 11146
March Field Air Museum [Riverside, CA]

[Photo-ID: 11261] © Karsten Palt 2015-06-04
	Boeing B-29A Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-61669 c/n: 11146
March Field Air Museum [Riverside, CA]

[Photo-ID: 12410] © Karsten Palt 2016-04-12
	Boeing B-29A Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-69729
Museum of Flight [Seattle, WA]

[Photo-ID: 10230] © Karsten Palt 2014-05-28
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Reg.: 44-86292 Enola Gay, the aircraft from were the first nuclear bomb (little boy) was dropped on Hiroshima
NASM Udvar Hazy Center [Chantilly, VA]

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