Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber being towed by tractor, Boeing Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas plant
View of Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft being towed by tractor at the Boeing Aircraft Company at the Wichita, Kansas plant. Label on back: "Emerging from the west bay of the Boeing-Wichita final assembly area, this Boeing B-29 Superfortress will soon take its place in the flight hangar and on the parking apron where additional equipment will be added and final touches given it before the first test flight. The airplane is being towed by a small tractor across the apron that runs the width of the two final assembly bays -- each over 300 feet wide. The airplane directly behind the one in the foreground will be moved forward to the position vacated by its predecessor." 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 in action."
- Resource ID:
- na032520
- Subject:
- B-29 (Bomber)
- Boeing bombers--Design and construction
- Boeing Aircraft Company
- Tractors
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Aircraft in action, 85:10
- Negative Number:
- BW-24032
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.