Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber assembly bay, Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita, Kansas
Description:
View of Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft in assembly bay at the Boeing Airplane Company's Wichita, Kansas plant. Label on back: "From: Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita, Kansas. Photo no. BW-23591. Boeing B-29 Superfortresses are assembled in these huge bays at Boeing Airplane Company in Wichita, Kansas. Each assembly bay is 300 feet wide. In the foreground workmen are installing the fuselage capstrip on a giant B-29 inboard wing section. Farther along the assembly line the various subassembled wing and fuselage sections are brought together in the final assembly area, then the bombers are moved out the doors at the rear. In the background is a portion of Boeing Wichita's Plant I, home of the Boeing Kaydet primary trainer." Stamped on back: "Photo courtesy of Boeing Airplane Co., Wichita Division, Wichita, Kans. Please credit Boeing-Wichita photo." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & assembly)."
