B-29 Superfortress, 44-27297 (USAF 'Bockscar')

United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)

United States - East-Coast Tour 2005

 

Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 44-27297 'Bockscar'

 

This B-29 bomber dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945.

The second atomic weapon used against Japan.

 

Photo selection

Boeing - B-29 and B-50 Superfortress

 

The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one

of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.

The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.

Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.

(I never made it sofar)

 

The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.

In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.

 

The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.

1st building World-War I and World-War II

2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia

3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft

In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.

 

 

 

Done