B-29 Superfortress, U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force (44-27343), Oklahoma, Tinker Air Force Base
According to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, the B-29 was designed for long distance, high altitude operation. Pressurized cabins and two turbo superchargers on each of its four engines, enable the airplane to fly at a service ceiling in excess of 40,000 feet. The long, narrow wing of the mid-wing bomber is mounted a short distance forward of the center of the fuselage. The airplane carries a 10-ton bomb load and has for defensive armament 10 caliber .50 machine guns and one 20 mm cannon. The machine guns are housed in five power turrets, the cannon protruding from the tail turret. All turrets are actuated electrically and are remotely controlled from sighting stations within the pressurized cabins.
The B-29 in the photograph was ordered in 1944 and built by Martin-Omaha.
B-29 Superfortress, U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force (44-27343), Oklahoma, Tinker Air Force Base
According to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, the B-29 was designed for long distance, high altitude operation. Pressurized cabins and two turbo superchargers on each of its four engines, enable the airplane to fly at a service ceiling in excess of 40,000 feet. The long, narrow wing of the mid-wing bomber is mounted a short distance forward of the center of the fuselage. The airplane carries a 10-ton bomb load and has for defensive armament 10 caliber .50 machine guns and one 20 mm cannon. The machine guns are housed in five power turrets, the cannon protruding from the tail turret. All turrets are actuated electrically and are remotely controlled from sighting stations within the pressurized cabins.
The B-29 in the photograph was ordered in 1944 and built by Martin-Omaha.