Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Model 345)

Strategic Bomber

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

Photo ©: Karsten Palt

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Model 345) is a four-engine long-range heavy bomber aircraft produced by the US-American manufacturer Boeing Company.

The B-29 Superfortress was equipped with pressurized areas for the crew for the ability to operate in greater heights. The B-29 was the first aircraft that dropped nuclear bombs (Enola Gay, Hiroshima and Bockscar, Nagasaki).

Crew

Propulsion	4 Radial Engines
Engine Model	Wright R-3350-23 Duplex Cyclone
Engine Power (each)	1645 kW	2206 hp

Speed	576 km/h	311 kts 358 mph
Service Ceiling	10.241 m	33.600 ft
Range	11.019 km	5.950 NM 6.847 mi.

Empty Weight	31.815 kg	70.140 lbs
max. Takeoff Weight	56.245 kg	124.000 lbs

Wing Span	43,05 m	141 ft 3 in
Wing Area	161,3 m²	1736 ft²
Length	30,18 m	99 ft 0 in
Height	9,02 m	29 ft 7 in

First Flight	21.09.1942
Production Status	out of production
Production Range	1943-1946
Total Production	4000

ICAO Code	B29
Data for (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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