8462 x 5792 px | 71,6 x 49 cm | 28,2 x 19,3 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
12. Juni 2019
Ort:
Boeing Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Tukwila, Washington State, USA
Weitere Informationen:
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine 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. B-29s also dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which led to the end of World War II. One of the largest aircraft of World War II, the B-29 had state-of-the-art technology, including a pressurized cabin; dual-wheeled, tricycle landing gear; and an analog computer-controlled fire-control system that allowed one gunner and a fire-control officer to direct four remote machine gun turrets. The $3 billion cost of design and production (equivalent to $42 billion today—far exceeding the $1.9 billion cost of the Manhattan Project—made the B-29 program the most expensive of the war.
