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Was the B29 a failure?
Four hundred and fourteen B-29s were lost bombing Japan—147 of them to flak and Japanese fighters, 267 to engine fires, mechanical failures, takeoff crashes and other “operational losses.” Do the math and you’ll see that for every B-29 lost to the enemy, almost two were lost to accidents and crashes.
Why was the B29 not used in Europe?
The main reason is because RAF won the Battle of Britain, therefore staying in the fight and allowing the USA to fly the already in service B17 from the beginning if US involvement. The B29 wasn’t available until late spring 1944. At that time between the UK and USA had THOUSANDS of Heavy and Medium Bombers in Europe.
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What is the Boeing B-29 Superfortress?
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber that was flown by the United States Military in World War II and the Korean War, and by other nations afterwards.
Why did the B-29 bomber have a stepless cockpit?
The need for pressurization in the cockpit area also led to the B-29 being one of very few American combat aircraft of World War II to have a stepless cockpit design, without a separate windscreen for the pilots. Manufacturing the B-29 was a complex task.
How many B-29’s were made?
The B-29 has quite a history… 1) There were 3,970 B-29s produced between 1943 and 1946. That’s an average of over 2.7 aircraft built per day.
What countries did the B-29 bomber use in WW2?
B-29s were primarily used in the Pacific theater during World War II. As many as 1,000 Superfortresses at a time bombed Tokyo, destroying large parts of the city. Finally, on Aug. 6, 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later a second B-29, Bockscar,…