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B-29 Wingspan: X41 ft 3 in
B-29 Ferry range: 5,60Y mi
The actual cache location: N41 27.45X W88 33.52Y
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On a personal note, my father “John” served as a flight engineer on a B-25 Mitchell out of Italy in 1944 and 1945. He made it back alive, as did my father-in-law “Danny” who served as a belly gunner on a B-24 Liberator out of Libya. “Danny” was one of the few airmen who flew in both Ploesti oil field raids to Romania (June 1942 and August 1943) and did so without so much as a scratch. He flew his 25 missions and returned to the US as a gunnery instructor (Lead, Dammit, Lead!).
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B-29 Superfortress
The B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing that was flown primarily by the United States Air Forces in late-World War II and through the Korean War. The B-29 was one of the largest aircraft to see service during World War II. A very advanced bomber for this time period, it included features such as a pressurized cabin, an electronic fire-control system, and remote-controlled machine-gun turrets. The name "Superfortress" was derived from that of its well-known predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress.
Though the B-29 was designed as a high-altitude daytime bomber, in practice it actually flew more low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing missions. It was the primary aircraft in the American firebombing campaign against the Empire of Japan in the final months of World War II, and carried out the atomic bombings that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Unlike many other World War II-era bombers, the B-29 remained in service long after the war ended.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Technicals
General characteristics-
Crew: 11 (5 officers, 6 enlisted): Airplane Commander, Pilot, flight engineer (a rated pilot) bombardier, navigator, radio operator, radar operator, four gunners
Length: 99 ft 0 in
Wingspan: 141 ft 3 in
Height: 29 ft 7 in
Wing area: 1,736 sq ft
Aspect ratio: 11.50
Empty weight: 74,500 lb
Loaded weight: 120,000 lb
Max. takeoff weight: 133,500 lb
Powerplant: 4 × Wright R-3350-23 and 23A turbosupercharged radial engines, 2,200 hp each
Performance-
Maximum Speed: 357 mph
Cruise speed: 220 mph
Stall Speed: 105 mph
Combat range: 3,250 mi
Ferry range: 5,600 mi
Service ceiling: 33,600 ft
Rate of climb: 900 ft/min
Armament-
Guns:
10× .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber Browning M2/AN’s in remote-controlled turrets.
2× .50 BMG in and 1× 20 mm M2 Cannon in tail position (the cannon was later removed
Bombs: 20,000 pounds
Survivors
Airworthy-
B-29A s/n 44-62070 “Fifi”. This aircraft is operating with the Commemorative Air Force (B-24/B-29 Squadron) in Addison, TX. Fifi was returned to airworthy status in August 2010 and flew for the first time since 2006.
On display-
B-29 s/n 42-65281 “Miss America 62” at the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum on Travis AFB in Fairfield, CA.
B-29A (s/n 42-93967) “City Of Lansford” at the Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park in Cordele, GA.
B-29 s/n 44-27297 “Bock's Car” at the National Museum of the USAF at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH.
B-29 s/n 44-27343 “Tinker's Heritage” at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City, OK.
B-29A s/n 44-61669 “Flagship 500” at March Field Air Museum at March ARB in Riverside, CA.
B-29A s/n 44-61671 “The Great Artiste” at Whiteman AFB in Knob Noster, MO.
B-29A s/n 44-61975 “Jack's Hack” at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT.
B-29 s/n 44-62022 “Peachy” at Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, CO.
B-29 s/n 44-62220 “Joltin Josie” at the USAF History & Traditions Museum in San Antonio, TX.
B-29A s/n 44-70016 “Sentimental Journey” at the Pima Air and Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ.
B-29A s/n 44-70064 “Raz'n Hell” at the Castle Air Museum at the former Castle AFB in Atwater, California.
B-29 s/n 44-70113 “Sweet Eloise” at Dobbins ARB in Marietta, GA.
TB-29B s/n 44-84053 “Big Red” at the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB in Warner Robins, GA.
TB-29B s/n 44-84076 “Man'O'War” at the Strategic Air and Space Museum adjacent to Offutt AFB in Ashland, NE.
B-29 s/n 44-86292 “Enola Gay” at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
B-29 s/n 44-86408 “Haggerty's Hag” at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB in Ogden, UT.
B-29A s/n 44-87627 at the Eighth Air Force Museum at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, LA.
KB-29M s/n 44-87779 “Legal Eagle II” at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum in Rapid City, SD.
B-29 s/n 45-21748 “Duke Of Albuquerque” at the National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque, NM.
Complete Airframes Stored or under restoration-
B-29A s/n 44-69729 “T Square 54”. This aircraft is currently being stored offsite in private facilities for the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA and will be moved to the museum once proper storage and exhibit locations are identified.
B-29A s/n 44-69972 “Doc”. This aircraft was being restored to active flying status. However, money for the project ran out and it is now stored indoors at the Kansas Air Guard Hangar across from the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita, KS; no longer available to the public.
B-29 s/n 44-70049. In storage for Kermit Weeks at Borrego Springs, CA. One of 4 B-29's obtained by Disney from China Lake for use in the movie “The Last Flight of Noah's Ark”.
P2B-1S s/n 45-21787 “Fertile Myrtle”. Nose section only. On display at the Florida Air Museum in at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, FL. The fuselage is in storage at Aero Trader in Borrego Springs, CA. This aircraft was used for the flight sequences in the Disney movie “The Last Flight of Noah's Ark” and the movie “The Right Stuff”.
B-29A s/n 44-70064 “Rax'n Hell” at the Castle Air Museum, CA.
Partial Airframes on Display or in Storage-
B-29 s/n 42-24791 “The Big Time Operator”. Nose section only. In storage at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT
B-29 s/n 42-65401. Nose section only. On display at the Stockton Field Aviation Museum in Stockton, California. Privately owned by Nick Veronico.
B-29 s/n 44-61739. Nose section only. In storage at the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB in Warner Robins, GA.
B-29A s/n 44-62134. In storage at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in CA.
B-29 s/n 44-69957. Wreckage in storage at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. Took a direct hit from weapons testing. The nose was used in the restoration of 'Doc'.
B-29 s/n 44-70102 “Here's Hopin”. Possibly being restored at NAWS China Lake in Inyokern, CA.
B-29 s/n 44-84084. In storage for Kermit Weeks at Borrego Springs, CA. One of 4 B-29's obtained by Disney from China Lake for use in the movie “The Last Flight of Noah's Ark” (see 44-70049 above for the other surviving example). The wings were installed on 44-61535. The other two Disney B-29s were destroyed (44-62112 and 44-62222).
B-29 s/n 44-87657 “Command Decision”. Fuselage section only. It is displayed inside at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH (painted with incorrect serial number 44-62139).
Wrecks-
B-29 s/n 42-65287. In the ocean off the coast of Aquadilla, Puerto Rico, near the former Ramey AFB.
KB-29B s/n 44-83905 “Lady Of The Lake”. Currently submerged in a lake where it was placed after being retired for use in training exercises.
B-29 s/n 45-21763 “Kee Bird”. Burned after an attempted recovery. Currently sitting on the bottom of a lake in Greenland.
B-29 s/n 45-21847 “Beetle Bomb”. It was ditched in Lake Mead near Las Vegas, Nevada in 1948 and discovered intact in 2002.