Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber
Close-up view of Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft. Label on back: "Closeup of Boeing Superfortress. Great size is a distinctive characteristic of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the mammoth new bomber powered with four Wright Cyclone engines each rated at 2,200 horsepower. This picture, with external armament details deleted for security reasons, shows the rounded nose, with the pilot's 'greenhouse,' two of the four-bladed Hamilton Standard propellers, largest to be installed on an airplane, and the streamlined nacelles, result of extensive aerodynamic research. Designed, engineered and produced by the Boeing Aircraft Company, the Superfortress is being manufactured by several other aircraft manufacturers also. Cleared by the War Department. From: Boeing News Bureau, Seattle, Wichita." 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:
- na032519
- Subject:
- B-29 (Bomber)
- Boeing bombers
- 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.