Bomb bay sections for Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, Boeing Aircraft Company, Renton, Washington

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Description

View of bomb bay sections for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft at the Boeing Aircraft Company in Renton, Washington. Label on back: "X-357. Bomb bay sections for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress are here shown under construction in the Renton, Wash. plant of the Boeing Aircraft Company. Each section houses two separate bays for the giant plane's lethal loads." Stamped on back: "Courtesy of News Bureau, Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, Washington. Designers and builders of the B-29 Superfortress, B-17 Flying Fortress, Stratoliner, Clipper." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & assembly)."

Details

Resource ID:: na032401
Subject:: B-29 (Bomber); Boeing bombers--Design and construction; Boeing Aircraft Company; Automotive Council for War Production--Archives; Photographic prints
Date:: 1942-1945
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & Assembly), 85:9
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.