Boeing B-29 Superfortress
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boeing-b-29-superfortress-203-18406282
title:
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress, the Superfortress was designed for high-altitude strategic bombing, but also excelled in low-altitude night incendiary bombing, and in dropping naval mines to blockade Japan. B-29s dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only aircr
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US heavy bomber aircraft, 1942
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress
date created:
2002-05-23T19:59:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T00:55:37Z
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