Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber
View of Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. Woman poses in gunner's sighting position; two men stand on wing. Label on back: "Sighting station. Visibility is the word for the gunners' posts of duty on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Here an attractive girl employee at the Boeing factory, poses in one of the gunner's sighting positions in America's newest heavy bomber. Aerodynamic cleanness of the Superfortress is readily seen in this picture. External armament details are not shown here, for security reasons. Cleared by 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:
- na032544
- 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, 85:11
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.