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id="toc-Forward_base_in_China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_Mariana_Islands_air_bases" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_Mariana_Islands_air_bases"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>New Mariana Islands air bases</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_Mariana_Islands_air_bases-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_nuclear_weapons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_nuclear_weapons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.3</span> <span>The nuclear weapons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_nuclear_weapons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-B-29s_in_Europe_and_Australia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#B-29s_in_Europe_and_Australia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.4</span> <span>B-29s in Europe and Australia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-B-29s_in_Europe_and_Australia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Soviet_Tupolev_Tu-4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Soviet_Tupolev_Tu-4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Soviet Tupolev Tu-4</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Soviet_Tupolev_Tu-4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transition_to_USAF" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transition_to_USAF"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Transition to USAF</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transition_to_USAF-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Korean_War_and_postwar_service" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Korean_War_and_postwar_service"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Korean War and postwar service</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Korean_War_and_postwar_service-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Variants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Variants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Variants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Variants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operators" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operators"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Operators</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operators-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Surviving_aircraft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Surviving_aircraft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Surviving aircraft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Surviving_aircraft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Accidents_and_incidents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accidents_and_incidents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Accidents and incidents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Accidents_and_incidents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Specifications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Specifications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Specifications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Specifications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_appearances_in_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_appearances_in_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notable appearances in media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_appearances_in_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_%D8%A8%D9%8A-29_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="بوينغ بي-29 سوبر فورترس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بوينغ بي-29 سوبر فورترس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3_B-29" title="Боинг B-29 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Боинг B-29" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29" title="Boeing B-29 – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Boeing B-29" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29" title="Boeing B-29 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Boeing B-29" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%A8%DB%8C-%DB%B2%DB%B9_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="بوئینگ بی-۲۹ سوپرفورترس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بوئینگ بی-۲۹ سوپرفورترس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%B4%EC%9E%89_B-29_%EC%8A%88%ED%8D%BC%ED%8F%AC%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4" title="보잉 B-29 슈퍼포트리스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="보잉 B-29 슈퍼포트리스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" title="B-29 Superfortress – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="B-29 Superfortress" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Superfortress" and "B-29" redirect here. 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.infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-label{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-label{width:30%;padding-right:3px}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-data{width:50%}}</style><table class="infobox ib-aircraft vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">B-29 Superfortress</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B-29_in_flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/B-29_in_flight.jpg/300px-B-29_in_flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/B-29_in_flight.jpg/450px-B-29_in_flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/B-29_in_flight.jpg/600px-B-29_in_flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2667" data-file-height="2024" /></a></span> <div class="ib-aircraft-caption">A <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">USAAF</a> B-29 Superfortress</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Strategic_bomber" title="Strategic bomber">Strategic bomber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heavy_bomber" title="Heavy bomber">heavy bomber</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Only 2 active in use for airshows</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary users</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a><div> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">3,970</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufactured</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1946<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduction date</th><td class="infobox-data">8 May 1944</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">21 September 1942<sup id="cite_ref-lemay_p60_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lemay_p60-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">21 June 1960</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Variants</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">All models</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing KB-29 Superfortress">Boeing KB-29 Superfortress</a><br /><a href="/wiki/XB-39_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="XB-39 Superfortress">XB-39 Superfortress</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-44_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing XB-44 Superfortress">Boeing XB-44 Superfortress</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing B-50 Superfortress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed into</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Boeing_377_Stratocruiser" title="Boeing 377 Stratocruiser">Boeing 377 Stratocruiser</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4" title="Tupolev Tu-4">Tupolev Tu-4</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing B-50 Superfortress</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing-Whichata_B-29_Assembly_Line_-_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Boeing-Whichata_B-29_Assembly_Line_-_1944.jpg/220px-Boeing-Whichata_B-29_Assembly_Line_-_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Boeing-Whichata_B-29_Assembly_Line_-_1944.jpg/330px-Boeing-Whichata_B-29_Assembly_Line_-_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Boeing-Whichata_B-29_Assembly_Line_-_1944.jpg/440px-Boeing-Whichata_B-29_Assembly_Line_-_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2737" data-file-height="2094" /></a><figcaption>Boeing assembly line at <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a> (1944)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Boeing B-29 Superfortress</b> is an American four-engined <a href="/wiki/Propeller_(aeronautics)" title="Propeller (aeronautics)">propeller-driven</a> <a href="/wiki/Heavy_bomber" title="Heavy bomber">heavy bomber</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> and flown primarily by the United States during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17 Flying Fortress</a>, the Superfortress was designed for high-altitude <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bomber" title="Strategic bomber">strategic bombing</a>, but also excelled in low-altitude night <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Incendiary bomb">incendiary bombing</a>, and in dropping <a href="/wiki/Naval_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval mines">naval mines</a> to blockade Japan. B-29s dropped the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a>, the only aircraft ever to drop <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear weapons">nuclear weapons</a> in <a href="/wiki/Combat" title="Combat">combat</a>. </p><p>One of the largest aircraft of World War II, the B-29 was designed with state-of-the-art technology, which included a <a href="/wiki/Cabin_pressurization" title="Cabin pressurization">pressurized cabin</a>, dual-wheeled tricycle <a href="/wiki/Landing_gear" title="Landing gear">landing gear</a>, and an <a href="/wiki/Analog_computer" title="Analog computer">analog computer</a>-controlled <a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">fire-control system</a> that allowed one gunner and a fire-control officer to direct four remote machine gun turrets. The $3&#160;billion cost of design and production (equivalent to $51&#160;billion in 2022),<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> far exceeding the $1.9&#160;billion cost of the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a>, made the B-29 program the most expensive of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The B-29 remained in service in various roles throughout the 1950s, being retired in the early 1960s after 3,970 had been built. A few were also used as flying television transmitters by the <a href="/wiki/Stratovision" title="Stratovision">Stratovision</a> company. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> flew the B-29 with the service name <i>Washington</i> from 1950 to 1954 when the jet-powered <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">Canberra</a> entered service. </p><p>The B-29 was the progenitor of a series of Boeing-built bombers, transports, tankers, reconnaissance aircraft, and trainers. For example, the re-engined <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">B-50 Superfortress</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Lady_II" title="Lucky Lady II">Lucky Lady II</a></i> became the first aircraft to fly around the world non-stop, during a 94-hour flight in 1949. The <a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter</a> airlifter, which was first flown in 1944, was followed in 1947 by its commercial airliner variant, the Boeing <a href="/wiki/Boeing_377_Stratocruiser" title="Boeing 377 Stratocruiser">Model 377 Stratocruiser</a>. This bomber-to-airliner derivation was similar to the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17</a>/<a href="/wiki/Boeing_307_Stratoliner" title="Boeing 307 Stratoliner">Model 307</a> evolution. In 1948, Boeing introduced the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing KB-29">KB-29</a> tanker, followed in 1950 by the Model 377-derivative <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">KC-97</a>. A line of outsized-cargo variants of the Stratocruiser is the <a href="/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Pregnant_Guppy" title="Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy">Guppy</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Mini_Guppy" title="Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy">Mini Guppy</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy" title="Aero Spacelines Super Guppy">Super Guppy</a>, which remain in service with <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> and other operators. The Soviet Union produced 847 <a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4" title="Tupolev Tu-4">Tupolev Tu-4s</a>, an unlicensed <a href="/wiki/Reverse-engineered" class="mw-redirect" title="Reverse-engineered">reverse-engineered</a> copy of the B-29. Twenty B-29s remain as static displays, but only two, <a href="/wiki/FIFI_(aircraft)" title="FIFI (aircraft)"><i>FIFI</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Doc_(aircraft)" title="Doc (aircraft)"><i>Doc</i></a>, still fly.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">United States Army Air Corps</a> concluded that the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, which would be the Americans' primary strategic bomber during the war, would be inadequate for the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">Pacific Theater</a>, which required a bomber that could carry a larger payload more than 3,000 miles.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_at_Davis-Monthan_AFB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_at_Davis-Monthan_AFB.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_at_Davis-Monthan_AFB.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_at_Davis-Monthan_AFB.jpg/330px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_at_Davis-Monthan_AFB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_at_Davis-Monthan_AFB.jpg/440px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_at_Davis-Monthan_AFB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="860" data-file-height="665" /></a><figcaption>The length of the 141-foot (43&#160;m) wing span of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress based at <a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan Field">Davis-Monthan Field</a> is vividly illustrated here with the cloud-topped <a href="/wiki/Santa_Catalina_Mountains" title="Santa Catalina Mountains">Santa Catalina Mountains</a> as a contrasting background.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olive-drab_painted_B-29_superfortress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Two large olive-colored aircraft flying over farmland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Olive-drab_painted_B-29_superfortress.jpg/220px-Olive-drab_painted_B-29_superfortress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Olive-drab_painted_B-29_superfortress.jpg/330px-Olive-drab_painted_B-29_superfortress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Olive-drab_painted_B-29_superfortress.jpg/440px-Olive-drab_painted_B-29_superfortress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2792" data-file-height="2180" /></a><figcaption>YB-29 Superfortresses in flight</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Favored_by_Warm_breezes_and_under_a_blue_Kansas_Sky,_a_vast_crowd_attends_the_delivery_ceremony_on_the_Boeing-Wichita..._-_NARA_-_196890.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Favored_by_Warm_breezes_and_under_a_blue_Kansas_Sky%2C_a_vast_crowd_attends_the_delivery_ceremony_on_the_Boeing-Wichita..._-_NARA_-_196890.jpg/220px-Favored_by_Warm_breezes_and_under_a_blue_Kansas_Sky%2C_a_vast_crowd_attends_the_delivery_ceremony_on_the_Boeing-Wichita..._-_NARA_-_196890.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Favored_by_Warm_breezes_and_under_a_blue_Kansas_Sky%2C_a_vast_crowd_attends_the_delivery_ceremony_on_the_Boeing-Wichita..._-_NARA_-_196890.jpg/330px-Favored_by_Warm_breezes_and_under_a_blue_Kansas_Sky%2C_a_vast_crowd_attends_the_delivery_ceremony_on_the_Boeing-Wichita..._-_NARA_-_196890.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Favored_by_Warm_breezes_and_under_a_blue_Kansas_Sky%2C_a_vast_crowd_attends_the_delivery_ceremony_on_the_Boeing-Wichita..._-_NARA_-_196890.jpg/440px-Favored_by_Warm_breezes_and_under_a_blue_Kansas_Sky%2C_a_vast_crowd_attends_the_delivery_ceremony_on_the_Boeing-Wichita..._-_NARA_-_196890.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2341" /></a><figcaption>1000th B-29 delivery ceremony at Boeing <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita</a> plant in February 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>In response, Boeing began work on pressurized long-range bombers in 1938. Boeing's design study for the Model 334 was a pressurized derivative of the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress</a> with <a href="/wiki/Tricycle_landing_gear" title="Tricycle landing gear">nosewheel undercarriage</a>. Although the Air Corps lacked funds to pursue the design, Boeing continued development with its own funds as a private venture.<sup id="cite_ref-Bowers_Boeing_p318_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowers_Boeing_p318-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In April 1939, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh" title="Charles Lindbergh">Charles Lindbergh</a> convinced General <a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold" title="Henry H. Arnold">Henry H. Arnold</a> to produce a new bomber in large numbers to counter the Germans' bomber production.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In December 1939, the Air Corps issued a formal <a href="/wiki/Specification_(technical_standard)" title="Specification (technical standard)">specification</a> for a so-called "superbomber" that could deliver 20,000&#160;lb (9,100&#160;kg) of bombs to a target 2,667&#160;mi (4,292&#160;km) away, and at a speed of 400&#160;mph (640&#160;km/h). Boeing's previous private venture studies formed the starting point for its response to the Air Corps formal specification.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p136-7_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p136-7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boeing submitted its Model 345 on 11 May 1940,<sup id="cite_ref-Bowers_Boeing_p319_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowers_Boeing_p319-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in competition with designs from <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Aircraft" title="Consolidated Aircraft">Consolidated Aircraft</a> (the Model 33, which later became the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-32_Dominator" title="Consolidated B-32 Dominator">B-32</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-Wegg_p91_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wegg_p91-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation">Lockheed</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XB-30" title="Lockheed XB-30">Lockheed XB-30</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-XB-30_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XB-30-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company" title="Douglas Aircraft Company">Douglas</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_XB-31" title="Douglas XB-31">Douglas XB-31</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-frnc_Doug_p713_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frnc_Doug_p713-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Douglas and Lockheed soon abandoned work on their projects, but Boeing received an order for two flying <a href="/wiki/Prototypes" class="mw-redirect" title="Prototypes">prototypes</a>, which were given the designation XB-29, and an airframe for static testing on 24 August 1940, with the order being revised to add a third flying aircraft on 14 December. Consolidated continued to work on its Model 33, as it was seen by the Air Corps as a backup if there were problems with Boeing's design.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p138_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p138-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Boeing received an initial production order for 14 service test aircraft and 250 production bombers in May 1941,<sup id="cite_ref-Knaack_p480_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knaack_p480-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> this being increased to 500 aircraft in January 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-Bowers_Boeing_p319_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowers_Boeing_p319-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The B-29 featured a fuselage design with circular cross-section for strength. The need for pressurization in the cockpit area also led to the B-29 being one of very few American combat aircraft of World War II to have a <a href="/wiki/Stepless_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stepless (aircraft)">stepless</a> cockpit design, without a separate windscreen for the pilots. </p><p>Manufacturing the B-29 was a complex task that involved four main-assembly factories. There were two Boeing operated plants at <a href="/wiki/Renton,_Washington" title="Renton, Washington">Renton, Washington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boeing_Renton_Factory" title="Boeing Renton Factory">Boeing Renton Factory</a>), and one in <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Spirit_AeroSystems" title="Spirit AeroSystems">Spirit AeroSystems</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Bell_Aircraft_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Aircraft Corporation">Bell</a> plant at <a href="/wiki/Marietta,_Georgia" title="Marietta, Georgia">Marietta, Georgia</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> ("Bell-Atlanta"), and a <a href="/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Company" title="Glenn L. Martin Company">Martin</a> plant at <a href="/wiki/Bellevue,_Nebraska" title="Bellevue, Nebraska">Bellevue, Nebraska</a> ("Martin-Omaha" – <a href="/wiki/Offutt_Air_Force_Base" title="Offutt Air Force Base">Offutt Field</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Bowers_Boeing_p319_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowers_Boeing_p319-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bowers_Boeing_p322_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowers_Boeing_p322-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thousands of <a href="/wiki/Subcontractor" title="Subcontractor">subcontractors</a> were also involved in the project.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p138-9_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p138-9-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first prototype made its maiden flight from <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Field" title="Boeing Field">Boeing Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, on 21 September 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-Bowers_Boeing_p322_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowers_Boeing_p322-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The combined effects of the aircraft's highly advanced design, challenging requirements, immense pressure for production, and hurried development caused setbacks. Unlike the unarmed first prototype,<sup id="cite_ref-RCTp80_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCTp80-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the second was fitted with a Sperry defensive armament system using remote-controlled gun turrets sighted by periscopes and first flew on 30 December 1942, although the flight was terminated due to a serious engine fire.<sup id="cite_ref-Peacock1_p70-1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peacock1_p70-1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 February 1943, the second prototype, flying out of Boeing Field in Seattle, experienced an engine fire and crashed.<sup id="cite_ref-Peacock1_p70-1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peacock1_p70-1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The crash killed Boeing test pilot <a href="/wiki/Edmund_T._Allen" title="Edmund T. Allen">Edmund T. Allen</a> and his 10-man crew, 20 workers at the Frye Meat Packing Plant and a Seattle firefighter.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Changes to the production craft came so often and so fast that, in early 1944, B-29s flew from the production lines directly to modification depots for extensive rebuilds to incorporate the latest changes. AAF-contracted modification centers and its own air depot system struggled to handle the scope of the requirements. Some facilities lacked hangars capable of housing the giant B-29, requiring outdoor work in freezing weather, further delaying necessary modification. By the end of 1943, although almost 100 aircraft had been delivered, only 15 were airworthy.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p144_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p144-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Peacock1_p76_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peacock1_p76-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This prompted an intervention by General <a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold" title="Henry H. Arnold">Hap Arnold</a> to resolve the problem, with production personnel being sent from the factories to the modification centers to speed availability of sufficient aircraft to equip the first <a href="/wiki/Group_(air_force_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (air force unit)">bomb groups</a> in what became known as the "<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kansas" title="Battle of Kansas">Battle of Kansas</a>". This resulted in 150 aircraft being modified in the five weeks, between 10 March and 15 April 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Knaack_p484_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knaack_p484-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bowers_Boeing_p323_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowers_Boeing_p323-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most common cause of maintenance headaches and catastrophic failures was the engines.<sup id="cite_ref-Knaack_p484_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knaack_p484-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although the <a href="/wiki/Wright_R-3350_Duplex-Cyclone" title="Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone">Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone</a> <a href="/wiki/Radial_engine" title="Radial engine">radial engines</a> later became a trustworthy workhorse in large piston-engined aircraft, early models were beset with dangerous reliability problems. This problem was not fully cured until the aircraft was fitted with the more powerful <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_Wasp_Major" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratt &amp; Whitney Wasp Major">Pratt &amp; Whitney R-4360 "Wasp Major"</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants#B-29" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">B-29D</a>/B-50 program, which arrived too late for <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Interim measures included cuffs placed on propeller blades to divert a greater flow of cooling air into the intakes, which had baffles installed to direct a stream of air onto the exhaust valves. Oil flow to the valves was also increased, <a href="/wiki/Asbestos" title="Asbestos">asbestos</a> baffles were installed around rubber <a href="/wiki/Push_rod" class="mw-redirect" title="Push rod">push rod</a> fittings to prevent oil loss, thorough <a href="/wiki/Pre-flight_inspection" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-flight inspection">pre-flight inspections</a> were made to detect unseated valves, and mechanics frequently replaced the uppermost five cylinders (every 25 hours of engine time) and the entire engines (every 75 hours).<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Knaack_p484_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knaack_p484-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gardiner_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gardiner-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pilots, including the present-day pilots of the <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_Air_Force" title="Commemorative Air Force">Commemorative Air Force</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/FIFI_(aircraft)" title="FIFI (aircraft)">Fifi</a></i>, one of the last two remaining flying B-29s, describe flight after takeoff as being an urgent struggle for airspeed (generally, flight after takeoff should consist of striving for altitude). <a href="/wiki/Radial_engine" title="Radial engine">Radial engines</a> need airflow to keep them cool, and failure to get up to speed as soon as possible could result in an engine failure and risk of fire. One useful technique was to check the magnetos while already on takeoff roll rather than during a conventional static engine-runup before takeoff.<sup id="cite_ref-gardiner_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gardiner-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Interior_of_a_B-29_Superfortress_bomber.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Interior_of_a_B-29_Superfortress_bomber.jpg/220px-Interior_of_a_B-29_Superfortress_bomber.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Interior_of_a_B-29_Superfortress_bomber.jpg/330px-Interior_of_a_B-29_Superfortress_bomber.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Interior_of_a_B-29_Superfortress_bomber.jpg/440px-Interior_of_a_B-29_Superfortress_bomber.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1446" data-file-height="1586" /></a><figcaption>Interior photo of the rear pressurized cabin of the B-29 Superfortress, June 1944</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-29_Weapons_Bay_with_General-Purpose_AN-M64_TNT_500_LB_bombs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/B-29_Weapons_Bay_with_General-Purpose_AN-M64_TNT_500_LB_bombs.jpg/220px-B-29_Weapons_Bay_with_General-Purpose_AN-M64_TNT_500_LB_bombs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/B-29_Weapons_Bay_with_General-Purpose_AN-M64_TNT_500_LB_bombs.jpg/330px-B-29_Weapons_Bay_with_General-Purpose_AN-M64_TNT_500_LB_bombs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/B-29_Weapons_Bay_with_General-Purpose_AN-M64_TNT_500_LB_bombs.jpg/440px-B-29_Weapons_Bay_with_General-Purpose_AN-M64_TNT_500_LB_bombs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>B-29 Weapons Bay with General-Purpose AN-M64 TNT 500 LB bombs</figcaption></figure> <p>In wartime, the B-29 was capable of flight at altitudes up to 31,850 feet (9,710&#160;m),<sup id="cite_ref-ceiling_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ceiling-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> at speeds of up to 350&#160;mph (560&#160;km/h; 300&#160;kn) (<a href="/wiki/True_airspeed" title="True airspeed">true airspeed</a>). This was its best defense because Japanese fighters could barely reach that altitude, and few could catch the B-29 even if they did attain that altitude. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defensive_gun_turret_emplacements">Defensive gun turret emplacements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Defensive gun turret emplacements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B29_55_MO_tail_HAFB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/B29_55_MO_tail_HAFB.jpg/220px-B29_55_MO_tail_HAFB.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/B29_55_MO_tail_HAFB.jpg/330px-B29_55_MO_tail_HAFB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/B29_55_MO_tail_HAFB.jpg/440px-B29_55_MO_tail_HAFB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2667" /></a><figcaption>Tail armament, B-29 Superfortress, Hill Aerospace Museum</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20TH_AIR_FORCE,_OKINAWA-A-2C_Don_W._Murray_of_Mazon,_Ill.,_flashes_a_victory_smile_from_the_gun_blister_of_his_U.S...._-_NARA_-_542361.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/20TH_AIR_FORCE%2C_OKINAWA-A-2C_Don_W._Murray_of_Mazon%2C_Ill.%2C_flashes_a_victory_smile_from_the_gun_blister_of_his_U.S...._-_NARA_-_542361.tif/lossy-page1-220px-20TH_AIR_FORCE%2C_OKINAWA-A-2C_Don_W._Murray_of_Mazon%2C_Ill.%2C_flashes_a_victory_smile_from_the_gun_blister_of_his_U.S...._-_NARA_-_542361.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/20TH_AIR_FORCE%2C_OKINAWA-A-2C_Don_W._Murray_of_Mazon%2C_Ill.%2C_flashes_a_victory_smile_from_the_gun_blister_of_his_U.S...._-_NARA_-_542361.tif/lossy-page1-330px-20TH_AIR_FORCE%2C_OKINAWA-A-2C_Don_W._Murray_of_Mazon%2C_Ill.%2C_flashes_a_victory_smile_from_the_gun_blister_of_his_U.S...._-_NARA_-_542361.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/20TH_AIR_FORCE%2C_OKINAWA-A-2C_Don_W._Murray_of_Mazon%2C_Ill.%2C_flashes_a_victory_smile_from_the_gun_blister_of_his_U.S...._-_NARA_-_542361.tif/lossy-page1-440px-20TH_AIR_FORCE%2C_OKINAWA-A-2C_Don_W._Murray_of_Mazon%2C_Ill.%2C_flashes_a_victory_smile_from_the_gun_blister_of_his_U.S...._-_NARA_-_542361.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2299" /></a><figcaption>Gunner sighting station blister</figcaption></figure> <p>The General Electric Central Fire Control system on the B-29 directed four remotely controlled turrets armed with two <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">.50 Browning M2 machine guns</a> each.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All weapons were aimed optically, with targeting computed by analog electrical instrumentation. There were five interconnected sighting stations located in the nose and tail positions and three Plexiglas blisters in the central fuselage.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Five <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a> <a href="/wiki/Analog_computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Analog computers">analog computers</a> (one dedicated to each sight) increased the weapons' accuracy by compensating for factors such as airspeed, <a href="/wiki/Deflection_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deflection (military)">lead</a>, gravity, temperature and humidity. The computers also allowed a single gunner to operate two or more turrets (including tail guns) simultaneously. The gunner in the upper position acted as fire control officer, managing the distribution of turrets among the other gunners during combat.<sup id="cite_ref-RCT80-3_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCT80-3-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Flyguns_p164-6_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flyguns_p164-6-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The tail position initially had two .50 Browning machine guns and a single <a href="/wiki/M2_cannon" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 cannon">M2 20 mm cannon</a>. Later aircraft had the 20&#160;mm cannon removed,<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p140_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p140-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> sometimes replaced by a third machine gun.<sup id="cite_ref-pace_p53_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pace_p53-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 1945, Major General <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Lemay" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtis Lemay">Curtis Lemay</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/XXI_Bomber_Command" title="XXI Bomber Command">XXI Bomber Command</a>—the Marianas-based B-29-equipped bombing force—ordered most of the defensive armament and remote-controlled sighting equipment removed from the B-29s under his command. The affected aircraft had the same reduced defensive firepower as the nuclear weapons-delivery intended <a href="/wiki/Silverplate#Wartime_production_versions" title="Silverplate"><i>Silverplate</i></a> B-29 airframes and could carry greater fuel and bomb loads as a result of the change. The lighter defensive armament was made possible by a change in mission from high-altitude, daylight bombing with high explosive bombs to low-altitude night raids using incendiary bombs.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a consequence of that requirement, Bell Atlanta (BA) produced a series of 311 B-29Bs that had turrets and sighting equipment omitted, except for the tail position, which was fitted with AN/APG-15 fire-control radar.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p140,4_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p140,4-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> That version could also have an improved <a href="/wiki/List_of_radars#AN/APQ_Series" title="List of radars">APQ-7</a> "Eagle" bombing-through-overcast radar fitted in an airfoil-shaped radome under the fuselage. Most of those aircraft were assigned to the 315th Bomb Wing, Northwest Field, Guam.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pressurization">Pressurization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Pressurization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The crew would enjoy, for the first time in a bomber, full-pressurization comfort. This first-ever cabin pressure system for an Allied production bomber was developed for the B-29 by <a href="/wiki/Garrett_AiResearch" title="Garrett AiResearch">Garrett AiResearch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Both the forward and rear crew compartments were to be pressurized, but the designers had to decide whether to have bomb bays that were not pressurized or a fully pressurized <a href="/wiki/Fuselage" title="Fuselage">fuselage</a> that would have to be de-pressurized prior to opening the bomb bay doors. The solution was to have bomb bays that were not pressurized and a long tunnel joining the forward and rear crew compartments. Crews could use the tunnel if necessary to crawl from one pressurized compartment to the other.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Air_raids_on_Japan" title="Air raids on Japan">Air raids on Japan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AAF-V-map5t.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/AAF-V-map5t.jpg/220px-AAF-V-map5t.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/AAF-V-map5t.jpg/330px-AAF-V-map5t.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/AAF-V-map5t.jpg/440px-AAF-V-map5t.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1915" data-file-height="1497" /></a><figcaption>Radius of operations for B-29 bases</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-29_Superfortress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress.jpg/330px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress.jpg/440px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="328" /></a><figcaption>Boeing B-29 Superfortress</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:16thbg-b-29.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/16thbg-b-29.jpg/220px-16thbg-b-29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/16thbg-b-29.jpg/330px-16thbg-b-29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/16thbg-b-29.jpg/440px-16thbg-b-29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="383" /></a><figcaption>B-29 of the <a href="/wiki/16th_Bombardment_Group" title="16th Bombardment Group">16th Bombardment Group</a> during World War II in 1944</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Enola_Gay2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Enola_Gay2.jpg/220px-Enola_Gay2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Enola_Gay2.jpg/330px-Enola_Gay2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Enola_Gay2.jpg/440px-Enola_Gay2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2691" data-file-height="1849" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Enola_Gay" title="Enola Gay">Enola Gay</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Silverplate" title="Silverplate">Silverplate</a> version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress landing after delivering <a href="/wiki/Little_Boy" title="Little Boy">Little Boy</a> over <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Hiroshima</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In September 1941, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a>' plans for war against Germany and Japan proposed basing the B-29 in Egypt for operations against Germany, as British airbases were likely to be overcrowded.<sup id="cite_ref-AAFWW2_v1p145-9_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAFWW2_v1p145-9-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AAFWW2_v2p6_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAFWW2_v2p6-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Air Force planning throughout 1942 and early 1943 continued to have the B-29 deployed initially against Germany, transferring to the Pacific only after the end of the war in Europe. By the end of 1943, plans had changed, partly due to production delays, and the B-29 was dedicated to the Pacific Theater.<sup id="cite_ref-AAFWW_v5p11-2_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAFWW_v5p11-2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A new plan implemented at the direction of President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> as a promise to China, called <a href="/wiki/Operation_Matterhorn" title="Operation Matterhorn">Operation Matterhorn</a>, deployed the B-29 units to attack Japan from four forward bases in <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">southern China</a>, with five main bases in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and to attack other targets in the region from China and India as needed.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p144-5_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p144-5-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Chengdu" title="Chengdu">Chengdu</a> region was eventually chosen over the <a href="/wiki/Guilin" title="Guilin">Guilin</a> region to avoid having to raise, equip, and train 50 Chinese divisions to protect the advanced bases from Japanese ground attack.<sup id="cite_ref-AAFWW2_v5p18-22_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAFWW2_v5p18-22-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/XX_Bomber_Command" title="XX Bomber Command">XX Bomber Command</a>, initially intended to be two combat wings of four groups each, was reduced to a single wing of four groups because of the lack of availability of aircraft, automatically limiting the effectiveness of any attacks from China. </p><p>This was an extremely costly scheme, as there was no overland connection available between India and China, and all supplies had to be flown over the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>, either by transport aircraft or by B-29s themselves, with some aircraft being stripped of armor and guns and used to deliver fuel. B-29s started to arrive in India in early April 1944. The first B-29 flight to airfields in China (over the Himalayas, or "<a href="/wiki/The_Hump" title="The Hump">The Hump</a>") took place on 24 April 1944. The <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Bangkok_in_World_War_II#First_B-29_Superfortress_combat_mission" title="Bombing of Bangkok in World War II">first B-29 combat mission</a> was flown on 5 June 1944, with 77 out of 98 B-29s launched from India bombing the railroad shops in <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a> and elsewhere in <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>. Five B-29s were lost during the mission, none to hostile fire.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p144-5_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p144-5-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Peacock1_p87_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peacock1_p87-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Forward_base_in_China">Forward base in China</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Forward base in China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 5 June 1944, B-29s raided <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Bangkok_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Bangkok in World War II">Bangkok</a>, in what is reported as a test before being deployed against the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_home_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese home islands">Japanese home islands</a>. Sources do not report from where they launched and vary as to the numbers involved—77, 98, and 114 being claimed. Targets were <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Bridge,_Bangkok" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Bridge, Bangkok">Bangkok's Memorial Bridge</a> and a major power plant. Bombs fell over two kilometers away, damaged no civilian structures, but destroyed some <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">tram</a> lines, and destroyed both a Japanese military hospital and the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_secret_police" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese secret police">Japanese secret police</a> headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-Duncan_Stearn_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duncan_Stearn-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 15 June 1944, 68 B-29s took off from bases around Chengdu, 47 B-29s <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Yawata_(June_1944)" title="Bombing of Yawata (June 1944)">bombed the Imperial Iron and Steel Works</a> at <a href="/wiki/Yahata,_Fukuoka" title="Yahata, Fukuoka">Yawata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Prefecture" title="Fukuoka Prefecture">Fukuoka Prefecture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. This was the first attack on Japanese islands since the <a href="/wiki/Doolittle_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="Doolittle raid">Doolittle raid</a> in April 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-AAFWW2_v5p100_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAFWW2_v5p100-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first B-29 combat losses occurred during this raid, with one B-29 destroyed on the ground by Japanese fighters after an emergency landing in China,<sup id="cite_ref-AAFWW2_v5_p101_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAFWW2_v5_p101-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> one lost to anti-aircraft fire over Yawata, and another, the <i>Stockett's Rocket</i> (after Capt. Marvin M. Stockett, Aircraft Commander) B-29-1-BW 42-6261,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> disappeared after takeoff from Chakulia, India, over the Himalayas (12 KIA, 11 crew and one passenger).<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This raid, which did little damage to the target, with only one bomb striking the target factory complex,<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p145_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p145-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> nearly exhausted fuel stocks at the Chengdu B-29 bases, resulting in a slow-down of operations until the fuel stockpiles could be replenished.<sup id="cite_ref-AAFWW2_v5p101,3_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAFWW2_v5p101,3-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Starting in July, the raids against Japan from Chinese airfields continued at relatively low intensity. Japan was bombed on: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>7 July 1944 (14 B-29s)</li> <li>29 July (70+)</li> <li>10 August (24)</li> <li>20 August (61)<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 September (90)</li> <li>26 September (83)</li> <li>25 October (59)</li> <li>12 November (29)</li> <li>21 November (61)</li> <li>19 December (36)</li> <li>6 January 1945 (49)</li></ul> </div> <p>B-29s were withdrawn from airfields in China by the end of January 1945. Throughout the prior period, B-29 raids were also launched from China and India against many other targets throughout <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>, including a <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Singapore_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945)">series of raids on Singapore</a> and Thailand. On 2 November 1944, 55 B-29s raided Bangkok's <a href="/wiki/Bang_Sue_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bang Sue District">Bang Sue</a> marshaling yards in the largest raid of the war. Seven <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Air_Force" title="Royal Thai Air Force">RTAF</a> <a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43" class="mw-redirect" title="Nakajima Ki-43">Nakajima Ki-43</a> <i>Hayabusa</i>s from Foong Bin (Air Group) 16 and 14 IJAAF Ki-43s attempted intercept. RTAF Flt Lt Therdsak Worrasap attacked a B-29, damaging it, but was shot down by return fire. One B-29 was lost, possibly the one damaged by Flt Lt Therdsak.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 14 April 1945, a second B-29 raid on Bangkok destroyed two key power plants and was the last major attack conducted against Thai targets.<sup id="cite_ref-Duncan_Stearn_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duncan_Stearn-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The B-29 effort was gradually shifted to the new bases in the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Mariana Islands</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Pacific_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Pacific Area">Central Pacific</a>, with the last B-29 combat mission from India flown on 29 March 1945. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-29_Bomber_on_a_long_range_mission_in_late_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/B-29_Bomber_on_a_long_range_mission_in_late_1945.jpg/220px-B-29_Bomber_on_a_long_range_mission_in_late_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/B-29_Bomber_on_a_long_range_mission_in_late_1945.jpg/330px-B-29_Bomber_on_a_long_range_mission_in_late_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/B-29_Bomber_on_a_long_range_mission_in_late_1945.jpg/440px-B-29_Bomber_on_a_long_range_mission_in_late_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1492" /></a><figcaption>B-29A-30-BN, <i>42-94106</i>, on a long-range mission</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Mariana_Islands_air_bases">New Mariana Islands air bases</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: New Mariana Islands air bases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the logistical problems associated with operations from China, the B-29 could reach only a limited part of Japan while flying from Chinese bases. The solution to this problem was to capture the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Mariana Islands</a>, which would bring targets such as <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, about 1,500&#160;mi (2,400&#160;km) north of the Marianas within range of B-29 attacks. The Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed in December 1943 to seize the Marianas.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p145-6_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p145-6-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>US forces <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saipan" title="Battle of Saipan">invaded Saipan</a> on 15 June 1944. Despite a Japanese naval counterattack which led to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea" title="Battle of the Philippine Sea">Battle of the Philippine Sea</a> and heavy fighting on land, Saipan was secured by 9 July.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p146_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p146-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Operations followed against <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1944)" title="Battle of Guam (1944)">Guam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tinian" title="Battle of Tinian">Tinian</a>, with all three islands secured by August.<sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_p718_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford_p718-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Naval construction battalions (<a href="/wiki/Seabees" class="mw-redirect" title="Seabees">Seabees</a>) began at once to construct air bases suitable for the B-29, commencing even before the end of ground fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-iapr22_p146_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iapr22_p146-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In all, five major airfields were built: two on the flat island of <a href="/wiki/Tinian" class="mw-redirect" title="Tinian">Tinian</a>, one on <a href="/wiki/Saipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saipan">Saipan</a>, and two on <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>. Each was large enough to eventually accommodate a bomb wing consisting of four bomb groups, giving a total of 180 B-29s per airfield.<sup id="cite_ref-Peacock1_p87_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peacock1_p87-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These bases could be supplied by ship and, unlike the bases in China, were not vulnerable to attack by Japanese ground forces. </p><p>The bases became the launch sites for the large B-29 raids against Japan in the final year of the war. The first B-29 arrived on Saipan on 12 October 1944, and the first combat mission was launched from there on 28 October 1944, with 14 B-29s attacking the <a href="/wiki/Chuuk_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Chuuk Atoll">Truk</a> atoll. The 73rd Bomb Wing launched the first mission against Japan from bases in the Marianas, on 24 November 1944, sending 111 B-29s to attack <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. For this first attack on the Japanese capital since the <a href="/wiki/Doolittle_Raid" title="Doolittle Raid">Doolittle Raid</a> in April 1942, <a href="/wiki/73rd_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="73rd Bomb Wing">73rd Bomb Wing</a> wing commander <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General">Brigadier General</a> <a href="/wiki/Emmett_O%27Donnell_Jr." title="Emmett O&#39;Donnell Jr.">Emmett O'Donnell Jr.</a> acted as mission command pilot in B-29 <i><a href="/wiki/Dauntless_Dotty" title="Dauntless Dotty">Dauntless Dotty</a></i>. </p><p>The campaign of incendiary raids started with the bombardment of <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a> on 4 February 1945, then peaked early with the most destructive bombing raid in history (even when the later <i>Silverplate</i>-flown nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are considered)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Meetinghouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Meetinghouse">on the night of 9–10 March 1945</a> on Tokyo. From then on, the raids intensified, being launched regularly until the end of the war. The attacks succeeded in devastating most large Japanese cities (with the exception of Kyoto and four that were reserved for nuclear attacks), and gravely damaged Japan's war industries. Although less publicly appreciated, the mining of Japanese ports and shipping routes (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Starvation" title="Operation Starvation">Operation Starvation</a>) carried out by B-29s from April 1945 reduced Japan's ability to support its population and move its troops. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_nuclear_weapons">The nuclear weapons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: The nuclear weapons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most famous B-29s were the <a href="/wiki/Silverplate" title="Silverplate">Silverplate</a> series, being extensively modified to carry nuclear weapons. Early consideration was given to using the British <a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" title="Avro Lancaster">Lancaster</a> as a nuclear bomber, as this would require less modification.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the superior range and high-altitude performance of the B-29 made it a much better choice, and after the B-29 began to be modified in November 1943 for carrying the atomic bomb, the suggestion for using the Lancaster never came up again.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most significant modification was the enlargement of the bomb bay enabling each aircraft to carry either the Thinman or Fatman weapons. These Silverplate bombers differed from other B-29s then in service by having <a href="/wiki/Fuel_injection" title="Fuel injection">fuel injection</a> and <a href="/wiki/Variable-pitch_propeller_(aeronautics)" title="Variable-pitch propeller (aeronautics)">reversible props</a>. Also, to make a lighter aircraft, the Silverplate B-29s were stripped of all guns, except for those on the tail. Pilot Charles Sweeney credits the reversible props for saving <i>Bockscar</i> after making an emergency landing on Okinawa following the Nagasaki bombing.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bockscar_and_a_nuclear_weapon_painted_to_resemble_the_Fat_Man_bomb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bockscar_and_a_nuclear_weapon_painted_to_resemble_the_Fat_Man_bomb.jpg/220px-Bockscar_and_a_nuclear_weapon_painted_to_resemble_the_Fat_Man_bomb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bockscar_and_a_nuclear_weapon_painted_to_resemble_the_Fat_Man_bomb.jpg/330px-Bockscar_and_a_nuclear_weapon_painted_to_resemble_the_Fat_Man_bomb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bockscar_and_a_nuclear_weapon_painted_to_resemble_the_Fat_Man_bomb.jpg/440px-Bockscar_and_a_nuclear_weapon_painted_to_resemble_the_Fat_Man_bomb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4432" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption><i>Bockscar</i> and a post war Mk III nuclear weapon painted to resemble the Fat Man bomb</figcaption></figure> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Enola_Gay" title="Enola Gay">Enola Gay</a></i>, flown by <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tibbets" title="Paul Tibbets">Paul Tibbets</a>, dropped the first bomb, called <a href="/wiki/Little_Boy" title="Little Boy">Little Boy</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a> on 6 August 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-OSTI.GOV_Hiroshima_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSTI.GOV_Hiroshima-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Enola Gay</i> is fully restored and on display at the Smithsonian's <a href="/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center" title="Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center">Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center</a>, outside Dulles Airport near Washington, D.C. <i><a href="/wiki/Bockscar" title="Bockscar">Bockscar</a></i>, piloted by <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Sweeney" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles W. Sweeney">Charles W. Sweeney</a>, dropped the second bomb, called <a href="/wiki/Fat_Man" title="Fat Man">Fat Man</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki,_Nagasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagasaki, Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a> three days later.<sup id="cite_ref-The_New_York_Times_2004_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times_2004-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Bockscar</i> is on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="National Museum of the United States Air Force">National Museum of the United States Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Museum_of_the_US_Air_Force_1945_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Museum_of_the_US_Air_Force_1945-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the surrender of Japan, called <a href="/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day" title="Victory over Japan Day">V-J Day</a>, B-29s were used for other purposes. A number supplied <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POWs</a> with food and other necessities by dropping barrels of rations on Japanese POW camps. In September 1945, a long-distance flight was undertaken for public relations purposes: Generals <a href="/wiki/Barney_M._Giles" title="Barney M. Giles">Barney M. Giles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curtis_LeMay" title="Curtis LeMay">Curtis LeMay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Emmett_O%27Donnell_Jr." title="Emmett O&#39;Donnell Jr.">Emmett O'Donnell Jr.</a> piloted three specially modified B-29s from <a href="/wiki/Chitose_Air_Base" title="Chitose Air Base">Chitose Air Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a> to <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Midway_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Midway International Airport">Chicago Municipal Airport</a>, continuing to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, the farthest nonstop distance (6,400 miles or 10,300 kilometers) to that date flown by U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft and the <a href="/wiki/1945_Japan%E2%80%93Washington_flight" title="1945 Japan–Washington flight">first-ever nonstop flight from Japan to Chicago</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Potts_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Potts-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Two months later, Colonel Clarence S. Irvine commanded another modified B-29, <i>Pacusan Dreamboat</i>, in a world-record-breaking long-distance flight from Guam to Washington, D.C., traveling 7,916 miles (12,740&#160;km) in 35 hours,<sup id="cite_ref-milestones_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milestones-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with a gross takeoff weight of 155,000 pounds (70,000&#160;kg).<sup id="cite_ref-SetRecords_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SetRecords-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Almost a year later, in October 1946, the same B-29 flew 9,422 miles (15,163&#160;km) nonstop from Oahu, Hawaii, to Cairo, Egypt, in less than 40 hours, demonstrating the possibility of routing airlines over the polar ice cap.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="B-29s_in_Europe_and_Australia">B-29s in Europe and Australia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: B-29s in Europe and Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-29A_Washington_B.1_WF502_90_Sqn_Hooton_20.09.52_edited-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Boeing_B-29A_Washington_B.1_WF502_90_Sqn_Hooton_20.09.52_edited-2.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-29A_Washington_B.1_WF502_90_Sqn_Hooton_20.09.52_edited-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Boeing_B-29A_Washington_B.1_WF502_90_Sqn_Hooton_20.09.52_edited-2.jpg/330px-Boeing_B-29A_Washington_B.1_WF502_90_Sqn_Hooton_20.09.52_edited-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Boeing_B-29A_Washington_B.1_WF502_90_Sqn_Hooton_20.09.52_edited-2.jpg/440px-Boeing_B-29A_Washington_B.1_WF502_90_Sqn_Hooton_20.09.52_edited-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1069" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>Royal Air Force Washington B.1 of <a href="/wiki/No._90_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 90 Squadron RAF">No. 90 Squadron RAF</a> based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marham" title="RAF Marham">RAF Marham</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Although considered for other theaters, and briefly evaluated in the UK, the B-29 was exclusively used in World War II in the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">Pacific Theatre</a>. The use of YB-29-BW <i>41-36393</i>, the so-named <i>Hobo Queen</i>, one of the service test aircraft flown around several British airfields in early 1944,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was part of a "disinformation" program from its mention in an American-published <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagge_der_Vereinigten_Staaten" class="extiw" title="de:Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten"><i>Sternenbanner</i></a> German-language propaganda leaflet from <a href="/wiki/Leap_Year_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Leap Year Day">Leap Year Day</a> in 1944, meant to be circulated within the Reich,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with the intent to deceive the Germans into believing that the B-29 would be deployed to Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Bowers_Boeing_p323_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowers_Boeing_p323-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>American post-war military assistance programs loaned the RAF 87 Superfortresses, to equip eight <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a> squadrons. The aircraft was known as the <b>Washington B.1</b> in RAF service and served from March 1950 until the last bombers were returned in March 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Deployment was restricted to long-range training for strategic attacks against the Soviet Union, which was beyond the range of the RAF's <a href="/wiki/Avro_Lincoln" title="Avro Lincoln">Avro Lincolns</a>. The phase-out was occasioned by deliveries of the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra</a> bombers.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three Washingtons modified for <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence#Electronic_signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">ELINT</a> duties and a standard bomber version used for support by <a href="/wiki/No._192_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 192 Squadron RAF">No. 192 Squadron RAF</a> were decommissioned in 1958, being replaced by <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet" title="De Havilland Comet">de Havilland Comet</a> aircraft. </p><p>Two British Washington B.1 aircraft were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (RAAF) in 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They were attached to the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_Research_and_Development_Unit_RAAF" title="Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF">Aircraft Research and Development Unit</a> and used in trials conducted on behalf of the British <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Supply" title="Ministry of Supply">Ministry of Supply</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Both aircraft were placed in storage in 1956 and were sold for scrap in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-RAAF_Aircraft_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAAF_Aircraft-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_Tupolev_Tu-4">Soviet Tupolev Tu-4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Soviet Tupolev Tu-4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4" title="Tupolev Tu-4">Tupolev Tu-4</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tupolev_Tu-4_01_red_(10255123433).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tupolev_Tu-4_01_red_%2810255123433%29.jpg/220px-Tupolev_Tu-4_01_red_%2810255123433%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tupolev_Tu-4_01_red_%2810255123433%29.jpg/330px-Tupolev_Tu-4_01_red_%2810255123433%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Tupolev_Tu-4_01_red_%2810255123433%29.jpg/440px-Tupolev_Tu-4_01_red_%2810255123433%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2761" data-file-height="1841" /></a><figcaption>Tupolev Tu-4 at <a href="/wiki/Central_Air_Force_Museum" title="Central Air Force Museum">Monino</a> museum</figcaption></figure> <p>At the end of WWII, Soviet development of modern four-engine heavy bombers lagged behind the West. The <a href="/wiki/Petlyakov_Pe-8" title="Petlyakov Pe-8">Petlyakov Pe-8</a>—the sole heavy bomber operated by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a>—first flew in 1936. Intended to replace the obsolete <a href="/wiki/Tupolev_TB-3" title="Tupolev TB-3">Tupolev TB-3</a>, only 93 Pe-8s were built by the end of WWII. During 1944 and 1945, four B-29s made emergency landings in Soviet territory after bombing raids on Japanese Manchuria and Japan. In accordance with <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_Neutrality_Pact" title="Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact">Soviet neutrality in the Pacific War</a>, the bombers were interned by the Soviets despite American requests for their return. Rather than return the aircraft, the Soviets <a href="/wiki/Reverse_engineering" title="Reverse engineering">reverse engineered</a> the American B-29s and used them as a pattern for the <a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4" title="Tupolev Tu-4">Tupolev Tu-4</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Monino_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monino-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 July 1944, <i>Ramp Tramp</i> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_serials" class="mw-redirect" title="United States military aircraft serials">serial number</a> 42-6256), of the United States Army Air Forces <a href="/wiki/462d_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="462d Strategic Aerospace Wing">462nd (Very Heavy) Bomb Group</a> was diverted to <a href="/wiki/Vladivostok" title="Vladivostok">Vladivostok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, after an engine failed and the propeller could not be <a href="/wiki/Propeller_(aircraft)#Feathering" class="mw-redirect" title="Propeller (aircraft)">feathered</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This B-29 was part of a 100-aircraft raid against the Japanese Showa steel mill in <a href="/wiki/Anshan" title="Anshan">Anshan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchuria" title="Manchuria">Manchuria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Monino_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monino-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 20 August 1944, <i>Cait Paomat</i> (42-93829), flying from Chengdu, was damaged by anti-aircraft gunfire during a raid on the Yawata Iron Works. Due to the damage it sustained, the crew elected to divert to the Soviet Union. The aircraft crashed in the foothills of <a href="/wiki/Sikhote-Alin" title="Sikhote-Alin">Sikhote-Alin</a> mountain range east of <a href="/wiki/Khabarovsk" title="Khabarovsk">Khabarovsk</a> after the crew bailed out. </p><p>On 11 November 1944, during a night raid on Omura in Kyushu, Japan, the <i>General H. H. Arnold Special</i> (42-6365) was damaged and forced to divert to Vladivostok in the Soviet Union. The crew was interned.<sup id="cite_ref-ColdWar_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ColdWar-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 21 November 1944, <i>Ding Hao</i> (42-6358) was damaged during a raid on an aircraft factory at Omura and was also forced to divert to Vladivostok. </p><p>The interned crews of these four B-29s were allowed to escape into American-occupied Iran in January 1945, but none of the B-29s were returned after Stalin ordered the <a href="/wiki/Tupolev" title="Tupolev">Tupolev</a> <a href="/wiki/OKB" title="OKB">OKB</a> to examine and copy the B-29 and produce a design ready for quantity production as soon as possible.<sup id="cite_ref-ColdWar_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ColdWar-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because aluminum in the USSR was supplied in different gauges from that available in the US (metric vs imperial),<sup id="cite_ref-Monino_84-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monino-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the entire aircraft had to be extensively re-engineered. In addition, Tupolev substituted his own favored airfoil sections for those used by Boeing, with the Soviets themselves already having their own <a href="/wiki/Wright_R-1820" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright R-1820">Wright R-1820</a>-derived 18 cylinder radial engine, the <a href="/wiki/Shvetsov_ASh-73" title="Shvetsov ASh-73">Shvetsov ASh-73</a> of comparable power and displacement to the B-29's Duplex Cyclone radials available to power their design. In 1947, the Soviets debuted both the Tupolev Tu-4 (<a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> ASCC code named Bull), and the <a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-70" title="Tupolev Tu-70">Tupolev Tu-70</a> transport variant. The Soviets used tail-gunner positions similar to the B-29 in many later bombers and transports.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transition_to_USAF">Transition to USAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Transition to USAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Production of the B-29 was phased out after WWII, with the last example completed by Boeing's Renton factory on 28 May 1946. Many aircraft went into storage, being declared excess inventory, and were ultimately scrapped as surplus. Others remained in the active inventory and equipped the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> when it formed on 21 March 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-Peacock2_p141_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peacock2_p141-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In particular, the "Silverplate" modified aircraft of the 509th Composite Group remained the only aircraft capable of delivering the atomic bomb, and so the unit was involved in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Crossroads" title="Operation Crossroads">Operation Crossroads</a> series of tests, with B-29 <a href="/wiki/Big_Stink_(B-29)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Stink (B-29)"><i>Dave's Dream</i></a> dropping a "Fat Man"-type bomb in Test <i>Able</i> on 1 July 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-Peacock2_p141_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peacock2_p141-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some B-29s, fitted with filtered air sampling scoops, were used to monitor above-ground nuclear weapons testing by the US and the USSR by sampling airborne radioactive <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_fallout" title="Nuclear fallout">contamination</a>. The USAF also used the aircraft for long-range weather reconnaissance (WB-29), for <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">signals intelligence</a> gathering (EB-29) and photographic reconnaissance (RB-29). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Korean_War_and_postwar_service">Korean War and postwar service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Korean War and postwar service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-29-44-61813-shotdown.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/B-29-44-61813-shotdown.jpg/220px-B-29-44-61813-shotdown.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/B-29-44-61813-shotdown.jpg/330px-B-29-44-61813-shotdown.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/B-29-44-61813-shotdown.jpg/440px-B-29-44-61813-shotdown.jpg 2x" data-file-width="783" data-file-height="490" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants#RB-29J_(RB-29,_FB-29J,_F-13,_F-13A)" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">Photo-reconnaissance B-29</a> that crashed on final approach to <a href="/wiki/Iruma_Air_Base" title="Iruma Air Base">Iruma Air Base</a>, Japan, after an attack by <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">several MIG-15's</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Yalu_River" title="Yalu River">Yalu River</a>. Five crew died. The tail gunner shot down a MiG, and the remaining Migs were engaged by their P-51 escort (9 November 1950).<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-29_307th_BG_bombing_target_in_Korea_c1951.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/B-29_307th_BG_bombing_target_in_Korea_c1951.jpg/220px-B-29_307th_BG_bombing_target_in_Korea_c1951.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/B-29_307th_BG_bombing_target_in_Korea_c1951.jpg/330px-B-29_307th_BG_bombing_target_in_Korea_c1951.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/B-29_307th_BG_bombing_target_in_Korea_c1951.jpg/440px-B-29_307th_BG_bombing_target_in_Korea_c1951.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1444" data-file-height="1017" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/307th_Bomb_Wing" title="307th Bomb Wing">307th Bomb Group</a> B-29 bombing a target in Korea, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;">&#8201;1951</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The B-29 was used in 1950–53 in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. At first, the bomber was used in normal strategic day-bombing missions, although North Korea's few strategic targets and industries were quickly destroyed. More importantly, in 1950 numbers of Soviet <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">MiG-15</a> jet fighters appeared over Korea, and after the loss of 28 aircraft, future B-29 raids were restricted to night missions, largely in a supply-interdiction role. </p><p>The B-29 dropped the 1,000&#160;lb (450&#160;kg) VB-3 "Razon" (a range-controllable version of the earlier <a href="/wiki/Azon" title="Azon">Azon</a> guided ordnance device)<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the 12,000&#160;lb (5,400&#160;kg) VB-13 "<a href="/wiki/ASM-A-1_Tarzon" title="ASM-A-1 Tarzon">Tarzon</a>" <a href="/wiki/MCLOS" class="mw-redirect" title="MCLOS">MCLOS</a> radio-controlled bombs<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in Korea, mostly for demolishing major bridges, like the ones across the <a href="/wiki/Yalu_River" title="Yalu River">Yalu River</a>, and for attacks on dams. The aircraft also was used for numerous leaflet drops in North Korea, such as those for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Moolah" title="Operation Moolah">Operation Moolah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Superfortress of the <a href="/wiki/91st_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron">91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron</a> flew the last B-29 mission of the war on 27 July 1953. </p><p>Over the course of the war, B-29s flew 20,000 sorties and dropped 200,000 tonnes (220,000 tons) of bombs. B-29 gunners were credited with shooting down 27 enemy aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-Futrell_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futrell-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In turn 78 B-29s were lost; 57 B-29 and reconnaissance variants were lost in action and 21 were non-combat losses.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soviet records show that one MiG-15 jet fighter was shot down by a B-29 during the war. This occurred on 6 December 1950, when a B-29 shot down Lieutenant N. Serikov.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the arrival of the mammoth <a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair B-36">Convair B-36</a>, the B-29 was reclassified as a medium bomber by the Air Force. The later <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">B-50 Superfortress</a> variant (initially designated <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants#B-29" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">B-29D</a>) was able to handle auxiliary roles such as <a href="/wiki/Air-sea_rescue" title="Air-sea rescue">air-sea rescue</a>, electronic intelligence gathering, <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">air-to-air refueling</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Weather_reconnaissance" title="Weather reconnaissance">weather reconnaissance</a>. </p><p>The B-50D was replaced in its primary role during the early 1950s by the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a>, which in turn was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a>. The final active-duty KB-50 and WB-50 variants were phased out in the mid-1960s, with the final example retired in 1965. A total of 3,970 B-29s were built. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Special:EditPage/Boeing B-29 Superfortress">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>&#32;in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bell_X-1_in_the_belly_of_a_B-29.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Bell_X-1_in_the_belly_of_a_B-29.jpg/220px-Bell_X-1_in_the_belly_of_a_B-29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Bell_X-1_in_the_belly_of_a_B-29.jpg/330px-Bell_X-1_in_the_belly_of_a_B-29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Bell_X-1_in_the_belly_of_a_B-29.jpg/440px-Bell_X-1_in_the_belly_of_a_B-29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2842" data-file-height="2133" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bell_X-1" title="Bell X-1">Bell X-1</a> and its B-29 mother ship</figcaption></figure> <p>The variants of the B-29 were outwardly similar in appearance but were built around different wing center sections that affected the wingspan dimensions. The wing of the Renton-built B-29A-BN used a different subassembly process and was a foot longer in span. The Georgia-built B-29B-BA weighed less through armament reduction. A planned C series with more reliable R-3350s was not built. </p><p>Moreover, engine packages changed, including the type of propellers and range of the variable pitch. A notable example was the eventual 65 airframes (up to 1947's end) for the <a href="/wiki/Silverplate" title="Silverplate">Silverplate</a> and successor-name "Saddletree" specifications built for the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a> with Curtiss Electric reversible pitch propellers. </p><p>The other differences came through added equipment for varied mission roles. These roles included cargo carriers (CB); rescue aircraft (SB); weather ships (WB); and trainers (TB); and aerial tankers (KB). </p><p>Some were used for odd purposes such as flying relay television transmitters under the name of <a href="/wiki/Stratovision" title="Stratovision">Stratovision</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_WB-29A_53_WRS_1954.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Boeing_WB-29A_53_WRS_1954.jpg/220px-Boeing_WB-29A_53_WRS_1954.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Boeing_WB-29A_53_WRS_1954.jpg/330px-Boeing_WB-29A_53_WRS_1954.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Boeing_WB-29A_53_WRS_1954.jpg/440px-Boeing_WB-29A_53_WRS_1954.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>WB-29A of the 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in 1954 showing the fuselage-top observation station</figcaption></figure> <p>The B-29D led progressively to the XB-44, and the family of <b><a href="/wiki/B-50_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-50 Superfortress">B-50 Superfortress</a></b> (which was powered by four 3,500&#160;hp (2,600&#160;kW) <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-4360" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratt &amp; Whitney R-4360">Pratt &amp; Whitney R-4360</a>-35 Wasp Major engines). </p><p>Another role was as a mothership. This included being rigged for carrying the experimental <a href="/wiki/Parasite_fighter" class="mw-redirect" title="Parasite fighter">parasite fighter</a> aircraft, such as the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin" title="McDonnell XF-85 Goblin">McDonnell XF-85 Goblin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet" title="Republic F-84 Thunderjet">Republic F-84 Thunderjets</a> as in flight lock on and offs. It was also used to develop the <a href="/wiki/Airborne_Early_Warning" class="mw-redirect" title="Airborne Early Warning">Airborne Early Warning</a> program; it was the ancestor of various modern radar picket aircraft. A B-29 with the original Wright Duplex Cyclone powerplants was used to air-launch the <a href="/wiki/Bell_X-1" title="Bell X-1">Bell X-1</a> supersonic research rocket aircraft, as well as <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_(rocket)" title="Cherokee (rocket)">Cherokee</a> rockets for the testing of ejection seats.<sup id="cite_ref-Ala_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ala-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some B-29s were modified to act as testbeds for various new systems or special conditions, including fire-control systems, cold-weather operations, and various armament configurations. Several converted B-29s were used to experiment with <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">aerial refueling</a> and re-designated as <b><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing KB-29">KB-29s</a></b>. Perhaps the most important tests were conducted by the <b>XB-29G</b>. It carried prototype <a href="/wiki/Jet_engine" title="Jet engine">jet engines</a> in its bomb bay, and lowered them into the air stream to conduct measurements. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_B-29_Superfortress_operators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of B-29 Superfortress operators">List of B-29 Superfortress operators</a></div> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (two former RAF aircraft for trials)</li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (87 loaned from the USAF as the Washington B.1)</li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> (four former USAF aircraft designated as <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants#Navy_P2B_patrol_bomber" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">P2B patrol bombers</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt><span data-sort-value="Soviet Union"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281936_%E2%80%93_1955%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a> (three USAAF B-29s made emergency landings in the USSR during WWII, and were never returned; they were reverse-engineered to make the Soviet <a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4" title="Tupolev Tu-4">Tupolev Tu-4</a> "Bull" bomber.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Surviving_aircraft">Surviving aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Surviving aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_surviving_Boeing_B-29_Superfortresses" title="List of surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses">List of surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FIFI_and_Doc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/FIFI_and_Doc.jpg/220px-FIFI_and_Doc.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/FIFI_and_Doc.jpg/330px-FIFI_and_Doc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/FIFI_and_Doc.jpg/440px-FIFI_and_Doc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="634" /></a><figcaption>The two remaining flyable B-29s: <a href="/wiki/FIFI_(aircraft)" title="FIFI (aircraft)"><i>FIFI</i></a> (top) and <a href="/wiki/Doc_(aircraft)" title="Doc (aircraft)"><i>Doc</i></a> (bottom)</figcaption></figure> <p>Twenty-two B-29s are preserved at various museums worldwide, including two flying examples; <a href="/wiki/FIFI_(aircraft)" title="FIFI (aircraft)"><i>FIFI</i></a>, which belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_Air_Force" title="Commemorative Air Force">Commemorative Air Force</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Doc_(aircraft)" title="Doc (aircraft)"><i>Doc</i></a>, which belongs to Doc's Friends. Doc made its first flight in 60 years from Wichita, Kansas, on 17 July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The public is being invited to inspect and take a short paid flight in Doc and Fifi at various venues.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There are also four complete airframes either in storage or under restoration, eight partial airframes in storage or under restoration, and four known wreck sites.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>Three of the Silverplate B-29s modified to drop nuclear bombs survived. The <i><a href="/wiki/Enola_Gay" title="Enola Gay">Enola Gay</a></i> (nose number 82), which dropped the first atomic bomb, was fully restored and placed on display at the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithsonian">Smithsonian</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center" title="Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center">Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air &amp; Space Museum</a> near <a href="/wiki/Washington_Dulles_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Dulles International Airport">Washington Dulles International Airport</a> in 2003. The B-29 that dropped <a href="/wiki/Fat_Man" title="Fat Man">Fat Man</a> on <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bockscar" title="Bockscar">Bockscar</a></i> (nose number 77), is restored and on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="National Museum of the United States Air Force">National Museum of the United States Air Force</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright-Patterson AFB">Wright-Patterson AFB</a> in Dayton, Ohio. The third is the 15th Silverplate to be delivered, on the last day of the war in the Pacific. It is on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Nuclear_Science_%26_History" title="National Museum of Nuclear Science &amp; History">National Museum of Nuclear Science &amp; History</a> in Albuquerque, New Mexico, posed with a replica of the Mark-3 "Fat Man" nuclear bomb. </p><p>Only two of the 22 museum aircraft are outside the United States: <i>It's Hawg Wild</i> at the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum_Duxford" title="Imperial War Museum Duxford">Imperial War Museum Duxford</a> and another at the <a href="/wiki/KAI_Aerospace_Museum" title="KAI Aerospace Museum">KAI Aerospace Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sachon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sachon">Sachon</a>, South Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akvetstb29.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Akvetstb29.jpg/220px-Akvetstb29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Akvetstb29.jpg/330px-Akvetstb29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Akvetstb29.jpg/440px-Akvetstb29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3413" data-file-height="2546" /></a><figcaption>Memorial at the <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Veterans_Memorial" title="Alaska Veterans Memorial">Alaska Veterans Memorial</a> to the victims in a B-29 crash in the <a href="/wiki/Talkeetna_Mountains" title="Talkeetna Mountains">Talkeetna Mountains</a> in 1957</figcaption></figure> <p>Accidents and incidents involving B-29s include: </p> <ul><li>The Friday evening of 10 November 1944 crash of a B-29 near <a href="/wiki/Clovis,_New_Mexico" title="Clovis, New Mexico">Clovis, New Mexico</a>. All 15 members of the crew were killed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup></li> <li>12 June 1946 a B-29 crashed into <a href="/wiki/Clingmans_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Clingmans Dome">Clingmans Dome</a> in Tennessee killing the entire crew of twelve.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 1947 crash of the <a href="/wiki/Kee_Bird" title="Kee Bird">Kee Bird</a> in Greenland during a flight to the geographic North Pole,<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and its subsequent destruction in 1995 during a recovery attempt.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1948_Waycross_B-29_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Waycross B-29 crash">1948 Waycross B-29 crash</a>, which resulted in the <i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Reynolds" title="United States v. Reynolds">United States v. Reynolds</a></i> lawsuit regarding <a href="/wiki/State_secrets_privilege" title="State secrets privilege">state secrets privilege</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1948_Lake_Mead_Boeing_B-29_crash" title="1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash">1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash</a>.</li> <li>The 3 November 1948 crash at <a href="/wiki/Bleaklow" title="Bleaklow">Bleaklow</a> moor near <a href="/wiki/Glossop" title="Glossop">Glossop</a>, Derbyshire, England. All 13 crew on board were killed. <a href="/wiki/Bleaklow_Bomber" title="Bleaklow Bomber">Much of the wreckage is still exposed</a> and can be reached by a 2 mile walk from the summit of <a href="/wiki/Snake_Pass" title="Snake Pass">Snake Pass</a>, starting along the <a href="/wiki/Pennine_Way" title="Pennine Way">Pennine Way</a> footpath through Devil's Dyke.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 11 April 1950 a B-29 departed <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland Air Force Base</a> at 9:38 PM and crashed into a mountain on <a href="/wiki/Manzano_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Manzano Base">Manzano Base</a> approximately three minutes later, killing the crew. Detonators were installed in the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear bomb">nuclear bomb</a> on the aircraft. The bomb case was demolished and some high-explosive (HE) material burned in the gasoline fire. Other pieces of unburned HE were scattered throughout the wreckage. Four spare detonators in their carrying case were recovered undamaged. There were no contamination or recovery problems. The recovered components were returned to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission" title="United States Atomic Energy Commission">Atomic Energy Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Both the weapon and the capsule of nuclear material were on board the aircraft but the capsule was not inserted in the bomb for safety reasons, so a nuclear detonation was not possible.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 5 August 1950 a bomb-laden B-29 Superfortress <a href="/wiki/1950_Fairfield-Suisun_Boeing_B-29_crash" title="1950 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash">crashed into a residential area in California</a>; 17 were killed and 68 injured<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 1953 <a href="/wiki/FICON_project#Project_MX-1016_aka_Tip_Tow" title="FICON project">"Tip Tow"</a> crash, <a href="/wiki/Peconic_Bay" title="Peconic Bay">Peconic Bay</a>, New York State.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Specifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_3-view.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_3-view.svg/220px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_3-view.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_3-view.svg/330px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_3-view.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_3-view.svg/440px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_3-view.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="825" /></a><figcaption>Boeing B-29 Superfortress three-view drawing</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-29_Bockscar_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Boeing_B-29_Bockscar_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-29_Bockscar_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Boeing_B-29_Bockscar_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg/330px-Boeing_B-29_Bockscar_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Boeing_B-29_Bockscar_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg/440px-Boeing_B-29_Bockscar_cockpit_2_USAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Flight engineer's station of <i><a href="/wiki/Bockscar" title="Bockscar">Bockscar</a></i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-29,_FIFI_(31).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Boeing_B-29%2C_FIFI_%2831%29.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-29%2C_FIFI_%2831%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Boeing_B-29%2C_FIFI_%2831%29.jpg/330px-Boeing_B-29%2C_FIFI_%2831%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Boeing_B-29%2C_FIFI_%2831%29.jpg/440px-Boeing_B-29%2C_FIFI_%2831%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4016" /></a><figcaption>Cockpit in <a href="/wiki/FIFI_(aircraft)" title="FIFI (aircraft)"><i>FIFI</i></a> </figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> Quest for Performance<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> 11 <small>(Pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, flight engineer, navigator, radio operator, radar observer, right gunner, left gunner, central fire control, tail gunner)</small></li> <li><b>Length:</b> 99&#160;ft 0&#160;in (30.18&#160;m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 141&#160;ft 3&#160;in (43.05&#160;m)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 27&#160;ft 9&#160;in (8.46&#160;m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 1,736&#160;sq&#160;ft (161.3&#160;m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics)" title="Aspect ratio (aeronautics)">Aspect ratio</a>:</b> 11.5</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Airfoil" title="Airfoil">Airfoil</a>:</b> <b>root:</b> Boeing 117 (22%); <b>tip:</b> Boeing 117 (9%)<sup id="cite_ref-Selig_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selig-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zero-lift_drag_coefficient" title="Zero-lift drag coefficient">Zero-lift drag coefficient</a>:</b> 0.0241</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zero-lift_drag_coefficient" title="Zero-lift drag coefficient">Frontal area:</a></b> 41.16&#160;sq&#160;ft (3.824&#160;m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 74,500&#160;lb (33,793&#160;kg)</li> <li><b>Gross weight:</b> 120,000&#160;lb (54,431&#160;kg)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 133,500&#160;lb (60,555&#160;kg) <br /></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd>135,000&#160;lb (61,000&#160;kg) combat overload</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Powerplant:</b> 4 × <a href="/wiki/Wright_R-3350-23_Duplex-Cyclone" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright R-3350-23 Duplex-Cyclone">Wright R-3350-23 Duplex-Cyclone</a> 18-cylinder air-cooled <a href="/wiki/Turbocharger" title="Turbocharger">turbosupercharged</a> <a href="/wiki/Radial_engine" title="Radial engine">radial piston engines</a>, 2,200&#160;hp (1,600&#160;kW) each</li> <li><b>Propellers:</b> 4-bladed constant-speed fully-feathering propellers, 16&#160;ft 7&#160;in (5.05&#160;m) diameter</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 357&#160;mph (575&#160;km/h, 310&#160;kn)</li> <li><b>Cruise speed:</b> 220&#160;mph (350&#160;km/h, 190&#160;kn)</li> <li><b>Stall speed:</b> 105&#160;mph (169&#160;km/h, 91&#160;kn)</li> <li><b>Range:</b> 3,250&#160;mi (5,230&#160;km, 2,820&#160;nmi)</li> <li><b>Ferry range:</b> 5,600&#160;mi (9,000&#160;km, 4,900&#160;nmi)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 31,850&#160;ft (9,710&#160;m) <sup id="cite_ref-ceiling_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ceiling-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Rate of climb:</b> 900&#160;ft/min (4.6&#160;m/s)</li> <li><b>Lift-to-drag:</b> 16.8</li> <li><b>Wing loading:</b> 69.12&#160;lb/sq&#160;ft (337.5&#160;kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Power-to-weight_ratio" title="Power-to-weight ratio">Power/mass</a>:</b> 0.073&#160;hp/lb (0.120&#160;kW/kg)</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Armament</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li><b>Guns:</b> <div><ul><li>10 × <a href="/wiki/.50_BMG" title=".50 BMG">.50 in</a> (12.7 mm) <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Browning machine gun">Browning M2/ANs</a> in remote-controlled turrets.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (omitted from <i>Silverplate</i> B-29s)</li><li>2 × .50 BMG and 1× <a href="/wiki/20_mm_caliber" title="20 mm caliber">20 mm</a> <a href="/wiki/M2_cannon" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 cannon">M2 cannon</a> in tail position (the cannon was later removed)<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></li> <li><b>Bombs:</b> <sup id="cite_ref-gunston-1978_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gunston-1978-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><div><ul><li>5,000&#160;lb (2,300&#160;kg) over 1,600 miles (2,600&#160;km; 1,400&#160;nmi) radius at high altitude</li><li>12,000&#160;lb (5,400&#160;kg) over 1,600 miles (2,600&#160;km; 1,400&#160;nmi) radius at medium altitude</li><li>20,000&#160;lb (9,100&#160;kg) maximum over short distances at low altitude</li><li>Could be modified to carry two 22,000&#160;lb (10,000&#160;kg) <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(bomb)" title="Grand Slam (bomb)">Grand Slam bombs</a> externally, or one 44,600 pound <a href="/wiki/T-12_Cloudmaker" title="T-12 Cloudmaker">T-12 Cloudmaker</a> deep penetration bomb.<sup id="cite_ref-gunston-1978_116-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gunston-1978-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Boy" title="Little Boy">Mark I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fat_Man" title="Fat Man">Mark III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_4_nuclear_bomb" title="Mark 4 nuclear bomb">Mark 4</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_6_nuclear_bomb" title="Mark 6 nuclear bomb">Mark 6</a> nuclear bombs (only Silverplate versions of the aircraft).<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_appearances_in_media">Notable appearances in media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Notable appearances in media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_in_fiction#B-29_Superfortress" title="Aircraft in fiction">Aircraft in fiction</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As efforts were made to eradicate the problems a succession of engine models were fitted to B-29s. B-29 production started with the −23, which were all modified to the "war engine" −23A. Other versions were −41 (B-29A), −57, −59.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The forward upper turret's armament was later doubled to four .50 Brownings.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The nose sighting station was operated by the <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_(air_force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardier (air force)">bombardier</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Boeing had previously built the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_307_Stratoliner" title="Boeing 307 Stratoliner">307 Stratoliner</a>, which was the first commercial airliner with a fully pressurized cabin. Only 10 of these aircraft were built. While other aircraft such as the <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_86" title="Junkers Ju 86">Ju 86P</a> were pressurized, the B-29 was designed from the outset with a pressurized system.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The suffix −1-BW indicates that this B-29 was from the first production batch of B-29s manufactured at the Boeing, Wichita plant. Other suffixes are BA = Bell, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta</a>; BN = Boeing, <a href="/wiki/Renton,_Washington" title="Renton, Washington">Renton, Washington</a>; MO = Martin, <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The biggest raid on Bangkok during the war occurred on 2 November 1944, when the marshaling yards at Bang Sue were raided by 55 B-29s ...<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The straight line distance between Chitose Japanese Air Self Defense Force and Chicago, Chicago Midway Airport is approximately 5,839 miles or 9,397 kilometres."<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The drag of the windmilling propeller critically reduced the range of the B-29. Because of this "Ramp Tramp" was unable to reach home base at <a href="/wiki/Chengdu" title="Chengdu">Chengdu</a>, China, and the pilot opted to head for Vladivostok.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Ramp Tramp</i> was also used during 1948–49 as a drop ship for underwing launching of 346P glider. The 346P was a development of the German <a href="/wiki/DFS_346" title="DFS 346">DFS 346</a> rocket-powered aircraft. The complete wing and engines of <i>Cait Paomat</i> were later incorporated into the sole <a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-70" title="Tupolev Tu-70">Tupolev Tu-70</a> transport aircraft.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> The Soviets interned another B-29 when, on 29 August 1945, a Soviet Air Force Yak-9 damaged a B-29 dropping supplies to a POW camp in Korea, and forced it to land at Konan (now <a href="/wiki/H%C5%ADngnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Hŭngnam">Hŭngnam</a>), North Korea. The 13-man crew of the B-29 was not injured in the attack and was released after being interned for 13 days.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-115"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-115">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For the B-29B-BW all armament and sighting equipment was removed except for tail position; initially 2 x <a href="/wiki/.50_BMG" title=".50 BMG">.50</a> in M2/AN and 1× <a href="/wiki/20_mm_caliber" title="20 mm caliber">20 mm</a> <a href="/wiki/M2_cannon" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 cannon">M2 cannon</a>, later 3&#160;×&#160;2 × .50 in M2/AN with <a href="/wiki/List_of_radars" title="List of radars">APG-15</a> gun-laying radar fitted as standard.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_B-29_Superfortress&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boeing.com/history/products/b-29-superfortress.page">"Boeing B-29."</a> <i>Boeing.</i> Retrieved: 5 August 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lemay_p60-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lemay_p60_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">LeMay and Yenne 1988, p. 60.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-inflation-US-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-inflation-US_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1634–1699: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMcCusker1997" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_J._McCusker" title="John J. 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Retrieved: 30 May 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-iapr22_p140-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-iapr22_p140_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Willis 2007, p. 140.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pace_p53-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pace_p53_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pace 2003, p. 53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Herman 2012, p. 327.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-iapr22_p140,4-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-iapr22_p140,4_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Willis 2007, pp. 140, 144.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.315bw.org/">"History of 315 BW."</a> <i>315bw.org</i>. Retrieved: 19 June 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mann 2009, p. 103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AAFWW2_v1p145-9-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AAFWW2_v1p145-9_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Craven and Cate Vol. 1 1983, pp. 145–149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AAFWW2_v2p6-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AAFWW2_v2p6_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Craven and Cate Vol. 2 1983, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AAFWW_v5p11-2-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AAFWW_v5p11-2_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Craven and Cate Vol. 5 1983, pp. 11–12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-iapr22_p144-5-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-iapr22_p144-5_46-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iapr22_p144-5_46-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Willis 2007, pp. 144–145.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AAFWW2_v5p18-22-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AAFWW2_v5p18-22_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Craven and Cate Vol. 5 1983, pp. 18–22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Peacock1_p87-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Peacock1_p87_48-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peacock1_p87_48-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Peacock <i>Air International</i> August 1989, p. 87.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Duncan_Stearn-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Duncan_Stearn_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duncan_Stearn_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Stearn, Duncan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pattayamail.com/513/columns.shtml#hd6">"The air war over Thailand, 1941–1945; Part Two, The Allies attack Thailand, 1942–1945."</a> <i>Pattaya Mail,</i> Volume XI, Issue 21, 30 May – 5 June 2003. 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Retrieved: 16 June 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Source: 20th Bomb Group Assn</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-iapr22_p145-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-iapr22_p145_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Willis 2007, p. 145.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AAFWW2_v5p101,3-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AAFWW2_v5p101,3_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Craven and Cate Vol. 5 1983, pp. 101, 103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">• The tactic of using aircraft to ram American B-29s was first recorded on the raid of 20 August 1944 on the steel factories at Yawata. 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href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-38_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress">XB-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-39_Superfortress" title="Boeing XB-39 Superfortress">XB-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YB-40_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress">YB-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">XB-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">B-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">B-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">B-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-54" title="Boeing B-54">B-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-55" title="Boeing XB-55">XB-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-56" title="Boeing XB-56">XB-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-59" title="Boeing XB-59">XB-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">B-1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Piston-engined transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_247" title="Boeing 247">C-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_307_Stratoliner" title="Boeing 307 Stratoliner">C-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">C-97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper" title="Boeing 314 Clipper">C-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-15" title="Boeing XB-15">XC-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-108_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress">C-108</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Jet transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">C-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-137_Stratoliner" title="Boeing C-137 Stratoliner">C-137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_CC-137" title="Boeing CC-137">CC-137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YC-14" title="Boeing YC-14">YC-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_727" title="Boeing 727">C-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_VC-25" title="Boeing VC-25">VC-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-32" title="Boeing C-32">C-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-40_Clipper" title="Boeing C-40 Clipper">C-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_T-43" title="Boeing T-43">CT-43</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tanker-transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">XPBB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP3B" title="Boeing XP3B">XP3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">P-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">EC-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-137_Stratoliner" title="Boeing C-137 Stratoliner">EC-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry" title="Boeing E-3 Sentry">E-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">E-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury" title="Boeing E-6 Mercury">E-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-7_Wedgetail" title="Boeing E-7 Wedgetail">E-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS" title="Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS">E-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-10_MC2A" title="Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A">E-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-767" title="Boeing E-767">E-767</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_NC-135" title="Boeing NC-135">NC-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_OC-135B_Open_Skies" title="Boeing OC-135B Open Skies">OC-135B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">RC-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_WC-135_Constant_Phoenix" title="Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix">WC-135</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Drones/UAVs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YQM-94_B-Gull" title="Boeing YQM-94 B-Gull">YQM-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_CQM-121_Pave_Tiger" title="Boeing CQM-121 Pave Tiger">CQM-121</a></li> <li><a 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Prey">Bird of Prey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Phantom_Eye" title="Boeing Phantom Eye">Phantom Eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Phantom_Ray" title="Boeing Phantom Ray">Phantom Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Skyfox" title="Boeing Skyfox">Skyfox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar" title="Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar">X-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-32" title="Boeing X-32">X-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_X-36" title="McDonnell Douglas X-36">X-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-37" title="Boeing X-37">X-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-40" title="Boeing X-40">X-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-45" title="Boeing X-45">X-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-48" title="Boeing X-48">X-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-50_Dragonfly" title="Boeing X-50 Dragonfly">X-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-51_Waverider" title="Boeing X-51 Waverider">X-51</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_BA-5&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing BA-5 (page does not exist)">13</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_BA-SP&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing BA-SP (page does not exist)">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.4" title="Airco DH.4">16</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_T-3&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing T-3 (page does not exist)">17</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_NBS&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing NBS (page does not exist)">18</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_BSP-1&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing BSP-1 (page does not exist)">19</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_20&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 20 (page does not exist)">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_NB" title="Boeing NB">21</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_22&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 22 (page does not exist)">22</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_23&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 23 (page does not exist)">23</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_24&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 24 (page does not exist)">24</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_25&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 25 (page does not exist)">25</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_26&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 26 (page does not exist)">26</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_27&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 27 (page does not exist)">27</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_28&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 28 (page does not exist)">28</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_29&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 29 (page does not exist)">29</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_30&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 30 (page does not exist)">30</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_31&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 31 (page does not exist)">31</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_32&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 32 (page does not exist)">32</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_33&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 33 (page does not exist)">33</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_34&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 34 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href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_49&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 49 (page does not exist)">49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPB" title="Boeing XPB">50</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_OB-1&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing OB-1 (page does not exist)">51</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_52&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 52 (page does not exist)">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">55</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_56&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 56 (page does not exist)">56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-4" title="Boeing XP-4">58</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_59&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 59 (page does not exist)">59</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_60&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 60 (page does not exist)">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">61</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_62&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 62 (page does not exist)">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_TB" title="Boeing TB">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_64" title="Boeing Model 64">64</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_65&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 65 (page does not exist)">65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-8" title="Boeing XP-8">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F2B" title="Boeing F2B">69</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_70&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 70 (page does not exist)">70</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_71&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 71 (page does not exist)">71</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_72&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 72 (page does not exist)">72</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_73&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 73 (page does not exist)">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F3B" title="Boeing F3B">74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing-Stearman_Model_75" title="Boeing-Stearman Model 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F2B" title="Boeing F2B">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F3B" title="Boeing F3B">77</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_78&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 78 (page does not exist)">78</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_79&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 79 (page does not exist)">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_80" title="Boeing 80">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_81" title="Boeing Model 81">81</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_82&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 82 (page does not exist)">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">83</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_84&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 84 (page does not exist)">84</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_85&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 85 (page does not exist)">85</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_86&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 86 (page does not exist)">86</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_87&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 87 (page does not exist)">87</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_88&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 88 (page does not exist)">88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">89</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_90&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 90 (page does not exist)">90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F3B" title="Boeing F3B">92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-7" title="Boeing XP-7">93</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_94&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 94 (page does not exist)">94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_95" title="Boeing Model 95">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-9" title="Boeing XP-9">96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">97</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_98&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 98 (page does not exist)">98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Monomail" title="Boeing Monomail">200</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_201&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 201 (page does not exist)">201</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-15" title="Boeing XP-15">202</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_203" title="Boeing Model 203">203</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_204" title="Boeing Model 204">204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-15" title="Boeing XP-15">205</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_206&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 206 (page does not exist)">206</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_207&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 207 (page does not exist)">207</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_208&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 208 (page does not exist)">208</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">209</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_210&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 210 (page does not exist)">210</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_211&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 211 (page does not exist)">211</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_212&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 212 (page does not exist)">212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing-Canada_A-213_Totem" title="Boeing-Canada A-213 Totem">213</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YB-9" title="Boeing YB-9">214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YB-9" title="Boeing YB-9">215</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_216&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 216 (page does not exist)">216</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_217&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 217 (page does not exist)">217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">218</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_220&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 220 (page does not exist)">220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Monomail" title="Boeing Monomail">221</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">222</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">223</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_224&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 224 (page does not exist)">224</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_225&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 225 (page does not exist)">225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_80" title="Boeing 80">226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">227</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">228</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_229&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 229 (page does not exist)">229</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Monomail" title="Boeing Monomail">231</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_232&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 232 (page does not exist)">232</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_233&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 233 (page does not exist)">233</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">234</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">235</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XF6B" title="Boeing XF6B">236</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_237&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 237 (page does not exist)">237</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_238&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 238 (page does not exist)">238</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_239&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 239 (page does not exist)">239</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_240&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 240 (page does not exist)">240</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_241&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 241 (page does not exist)">241</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_242&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 242 (page does not exist)">242</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_243&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 243 (page does not exist)">243</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_244&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 244 (page does not exist)">244</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_245&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 245 (page does not exist)">245</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YB-9" title="Boeing YB-9">246</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_247" title="Boeing 247">247</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-26_Peashooter" title="Boeing P-26 Peashooter">248</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">256</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_257&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 257 (page does not exist)">257</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_258&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 258 (page does not exist)">258</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_259&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 259 (page does not exist)">259</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_260&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 260 (page does not exist)">260</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">261</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_262&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 262 (page does not exist)">262</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_263&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 263 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href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_283&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 283 (page does not exist)">283</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_284&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 284 (page does not exist)">284</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_285&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 285 (page does not exist)">285</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_286&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 286 (page does not exist)">286</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_287&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 287 (page does not exist)">287</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YB-9" title="Boeing YB-9">288</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_290&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 290 (page does not exist)">290</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_291&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 291 (page does not exist)">291</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_292&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 292 (page does not exist)">292</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_293&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 293 (page does not exist)">293</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-15" title="Boeing XB-15">294</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_295&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 295 (page does not exist)">295</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_296&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 296 (page does not exist)">296</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-29" title="Boeing P-29">297</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_298&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 298 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href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_309&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 309 (page does not exist)">309</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_311&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 311 (page does not exist)">311</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_312&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 312 (page does not exist)">312</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper" title="Boeing 314 Clipper">314</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_315&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 315 (page does not exist)">315</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Y1B-20" title="Boeing Y1B-20">316</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_317&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 317 (page does not exist)">317</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_318&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 318 (page does not exist)">318</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_319&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 319 (page does not exist)">319</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_320&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 320 (page does not exist)">320</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_321&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 321 (page does not exist)">321</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">322</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_323&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 323 (page does not exist)">323</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_324&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 324 (page does not exist)">324</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_325&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 325 (page does not exist)">325</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_326&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 326 (page does not exist)">326</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_327&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 327 (page does not exist)">327</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_328&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 328 (page does not exist)">328</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stearman_XA-21" title="Stearman XA-21">329</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_330&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 330 (page does not exist)">330</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_331&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 331 (page does not exist)">331</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_332&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 332 (page does not exist)">332</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_333&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 333 (page does not exist)">333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">334</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_335&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 335 (page does not exist)">335</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_336&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 336 (page does not exist)">336</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_337&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 337 (page does not exist)">337</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_338&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 338 (page does not exist)">338</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_339&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 339 (page does not exist)">339</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_340&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 340 (page does not exist)">340</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_341&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 341 (page does not exist)">341</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_342&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 342 (page does not exist)">342</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_343&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 343 (page does not exist)">343</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">344</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">345</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">345-2/4/31</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_346&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 346 (page does not exist)">346</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_348&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 348 (page does not exist)">348</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_349&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 349 (page does not exist)">349</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_350&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 350 (page does not exist)">350</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">351</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">352</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">354</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">355</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_356&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 356 (page does not exist)">356</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">357</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">358</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">359</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_361&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 361 (page does not exist)">361</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_362&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 362 (page does not exist)">362</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_363&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 363 (page does not exist)">363</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">364</a></li> 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href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_371&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 371 (page does not exist)">371</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XPBB_Sea_Ranger" title="Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger">372</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_373&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 373 (page does not exist)">373</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_374&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 374 (page does not exist)">374</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_375&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 375 (page does not exist)">375</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_377_Stratocruiser" title="Boeing 377 Stratocruiser">377</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XAT-15" title="Boeing XAT-15">378</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XAT-15" title="Boeing XAT-15">379</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XAT-15" title="Boeing XAT-15">380</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_381&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 381 (page does not exist)">381</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_382&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 382 (page does not exist)">382</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_383&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 383 (page does not exist)">383</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_384&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 384 (page does not exist)">384</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_385&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 385 (page does not exist)">385</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_386&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 386 (page does not exist)">386</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_387&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 387 (page does not exist)">387</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_388&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 388 (page does not exist)">388</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_389&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 389 (page does not exist)">389</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_390&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 390 (page does not exist)">390</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_391&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 391 (page does not exist)">391</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_392&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 392 (page does not exist)">392</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_393&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 393 (page does not exist)">393</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_394&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 394 (page does not exist)">394</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_395&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 395 (page does not exist)">395</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_396&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 396 (page does not exist)">396</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_397&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 397 (page does not exist)">397</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_398&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 398 (page does not exist)">398</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_399&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 399 (page does not exist)">399</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XF8B" title="Boeing XF8B">400</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_414&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 414 (page does not exist)">414</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_415&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 415 (page does not exist)">415</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_416&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 416 (page does not exist)">416</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_417&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 417 (page does not exist)">417</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_418&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 418 (page does not exist)">418</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_419&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 419 (page does not exist)">419</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_420&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 420 (page does not exist)">420</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_421&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 421 (page does not exist)">421</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_422&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 422 (page does not exist)">422</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_423&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 423 (page does not exist)">423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">424</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_425&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 425 (page does not exist)">425</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_426&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 426 (page does not exist)">426</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_427&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 427 (page does not exist)">427</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_428&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 428 (page does not exist)">428</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_429&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 429 (page does not exist)">429</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_431&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 431 (page does not exist)">431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">432</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_433&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 433 (page does not exist)">433</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_434&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 434 (page does not exist)">434</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_435&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 435 (page does not exist)">435</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_436&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 436 (page does not exist)">436</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_437&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 437 (page does not exist)">437</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_439&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 439 (page does not exist)">439</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">440</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_441&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 441 (page does not exist)">441</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_442&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 442 (page does not exist)">442</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_443&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 443 (page does not exist)">443</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_444&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 444 (page does not exist)">444</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_445&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 445 (page does not exist)">445</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_446&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 446 (page does not exist)">446</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_447&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 447 (page does not exist)">447</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">448</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_449&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 449 (page does not exist)">449</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_L-15_Scout" title="Boeing L-15 Scout">451</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_452&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 452 (page does not exist)">452</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_453&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 453 (page does not exist)">453</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_454&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 454 (page does not exist)">454</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_455&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 455 (page does not exist)">455</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_456&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 456 (page does not exist)">456</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_457&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 457 (page does not exist)">457</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_458&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 458 (page does not exist)">458</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_459&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 459 (page does not exist)">459</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_460&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 460 (page does not exist)">460</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_461&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 461 (page does not exist)">461</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">462</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_463&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 463 (page does not exist)">463</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">464</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_465&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 465 (page does not exist)">465</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP3B" title="Boeing XP3B">466</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_467&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 467 (page does not exist)">467</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_468&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 468 (page does not exist)">468</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_469&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 469 (page does not exist)">469</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_470&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 470 (page does not exist)">470</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_471&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 471 (page does not exist)">471</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_472&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 472 (page does not exist)">472</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_473&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 473 (page does not exist)">473</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-55" title="Boeing XB-55">474</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_475&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 475 (page does not exist)">475</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-55" title="Boeing XB-55">479</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_480&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 480 (page does not exist)">480</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_481&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 481 (page does not exist)">481</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_482&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 482 (page does not exist)">482</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_483&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 483 (page does not exist)">483</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-55" title="Boeing XB-55">484</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-55" title="Boeing XB-55">485</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_486&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 486 (page does not exist)">486</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_490&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 490 (page does not exist)">490</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_493" title="Boeing Model 493">493</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_495&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 495 (page does not exist)">495</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_497&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 497 (page does not exist)">497</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_498&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 498 (page does not exist)">498</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-59" title="Boeing XB-59">701</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_2707" title="Boeing 2707">733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar" title="Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar">814</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_815&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 815 (page does not exist)">815</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TFX_Program" title="TFX Program">818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">820</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_831&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 831 (page does not exist)">831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar" title="Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar">844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_853-21_Quiet_Bird" title="Boeing Model 853-21 Quiet Bird">853-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YC-14" title="Boeing YC-14">953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_1041&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 1041 (page does not exist)">1041</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_1044&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 1044 (page does not exist)">1044</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_1046&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 1046 (page does not exist)">1046</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_1074&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 1074 (page does not exist)">1074</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_1080&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 1080 (page does not exist)">1080</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_2000&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 2000 (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Model_2020&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boeing Model 2020 (page does not exist)">2020</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">707</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_720" title="Boeing 720">-020</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">717 (I)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">-100/146/148/166</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_717" title="Boeing 717">717 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_720" title="Boeing 720">720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_727" title="Boeing 727">727</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">737</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_T-43" title="Boeing T-43">-253</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_Classic" title="Boeing 737 Classic">Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_Next_Generation" title="Boeing 737 Next Generation">Next Generation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-7_Wedgetail" title="Boeing E-7 Wedgetail">-700W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">-800A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX" title="Boeing 737 MAX">MAX</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">747</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747SP" title="Boeing 747SP">SP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_VC-25" title="Boeing VC-25">-2G4B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-400" title="Boeing 747-400">-400</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1" title="Boeing YAL-1">-4G4F</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-8" title="Boeing 747-8">-8</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_757" title="Boeing 757">757</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-32" title="Boeing 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American BT-9">NA-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SOC_Seagull" title="Curtiss SOC Seagull">NA-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_O-47" title="North American O-47">NA-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_BT-9" title="North American BT-9">NA-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_BT-9" title="North American BT-9">NA-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Wirraway" title="CAC Wirraway">NA-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Wirraway" title="CAC Wirraway">NA-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-35" title="North American NA-35">NA-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_BT-9" title="North American BT-9">NA-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-21" title="North American XB-21">NA-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-64" title="North American P-64">NA-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_O-47" title="North American O-47">NA-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_BT-9" title="North American BT-9">NA-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_O-47" title="North American O-47">NA-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-28_Dragon" title="North American XB-28 Dragon">NA-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-64_Yale" title="North American NA-64 Yale">NA-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-28_Dragon" title="North American XB-28 Dragon">NA-67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-64" title="North American P-64">NA-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-27" title="North American A-27">NA-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-35" title="North American NA-35">NA-70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-79</a></li> <li>NA-80</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-28_Dragon" title="North American XB-28 Dragon">NA-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-91</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">NA-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">NA-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-36" title="North American A-36">NA-97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-113</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">NA-115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-116" title="North American NA-116">NA-116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">NA-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">NA-120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">NA-123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">NA-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-126</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">NA-130</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-131&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-131 (page does not exist)">NA-131</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">NA-132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-1_Fury" title="North American FJ-1 Fury">NA-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">NA-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-136</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">NA-137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-138</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">NA-139</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-1_Fury" title="North American FJ-1 Fury">NA-141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XSN2J" title="North American XSN2J">NA-142</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Navion" title="Ryan Navion">NA-143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">NA-144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Navion" title="Ryan Navion">NA-145</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">NA-146</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">NA-147</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-148&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-148 (page does not exist)">NA-148</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">NA-149</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">NA-150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-152</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">NA-153</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Navion" title="Ryan Navion">NA-154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">NA-155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">NA-156</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_YF-93" title="North American YF-93">NA-157</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XA2J_Super_Savage" title="North American XA2J Super Savage">NA-158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">NA-160</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">NA-162</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XA2J_Super_Savage" title="North American XA2J Super Savage">NA-163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-165</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_YF-93" title="North American YF-93">NA-166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-167</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-168</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">NA-169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-171</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-172</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-173</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">NA-175</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-176</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-177</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-178</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">NA-179</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">NA-181</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-182</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">NA-183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">NA-184</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">NA-185</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-186</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-187</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-188</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-189</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-190</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-193</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">NA-194</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-195</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">NA-196</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-197</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">NA-198</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-199</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-201</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-202</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-203</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-205</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-206</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-207</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">NA-208</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">NA-209</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-210</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-211</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">NA-212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-213</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">NA-215</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-216</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-218</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-219</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">NA-220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-221</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-222</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-223</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-224</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-227</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">NA-228</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">NA-229</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-230</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-232</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-233</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ_Fury" title="North American FJ Fury">NA-234</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-235</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">NA-236</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-237&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-237 (page does not exist)">NA-237</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-238</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-239</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">NA-240</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-241</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">NA-242</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-243</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">NA-244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-245</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-246</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-247</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">NA-248</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-249</a></li> <li>NA-250</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">NA-251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-252</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-253</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-254</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-255</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">NA-256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">NA-257</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-258</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-259</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-260</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-261</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">NA-262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-263</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-264</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-265</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-266</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-267</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">NA-268</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-269</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-271</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-272</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_MQM-42" title="North American MQM-42">NA-273</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-274</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-275&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-275 (page does not exist)">NA-275</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-276</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-277</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-278</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-279</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-280</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-281</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-283</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-284</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-285</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-286</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-287</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-288</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_MQM-42" title="North American MQM-42">NA-289</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-290</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-291</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-292</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-293</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-294</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">NA-295</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-296</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-297</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-298</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-53_Condor" title="AGM-53 Condor">NA-299</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_2707" title="Boeing 2707">NA-304</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-305</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-306</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">NA-307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-308</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-53_Condor" title="AGM-53 Condor">NA-309</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-311</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-312</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-313</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-314&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-314 (page does not exist)">NA-314</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">NA-315</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-316</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-317</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-318</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-319&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-319 (page does not exist)">NA-319</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-320</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-321</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-322&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-322 (page does not exist)">NA-322</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-323&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-323 (page does not exist)">NA-323</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-323&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-323 (page does not exist)">NA-324</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-325&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-325 (page does not exist)">NA-325</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-326&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-326 (page does not exist)">NA-326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-327</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-323&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-323 (page does not exist)">NA-328</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-323&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-323 (page does not exist)">NA-329</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-323&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-323 (page does not exist)">NA-330</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-323&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-323 (page does not exist)">NA-331</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-332</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-323&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-323 (page does not exist)">NA-333</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-334&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-334 (page does not exist)">NA-334</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-335" title="North American NA-335">NA-335</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-336</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-337&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-337 (page does not exist)">NA-337</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-338</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-339&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-339 (page does not exist)">NA-339</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-340</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-341&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-341 (page does not exist)">NA-341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-342</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-343</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-344</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-346</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-347&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-347 (page does not exist)">NA-347</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-348</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">NA-349</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-350&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-350 (page does not exist)">NA-350</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-351&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-351 (page does not exist)">NA-351</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-352</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-353&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-353 (page does not exist)">NA-353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-354</a></li> <li>NA-355</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_XFV-12" title="Rockwell XFV-12">NA-356</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-357&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-357 (page does not exist)">NA-357</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-358</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-359&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-359 (page does not exist)">NA-359</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-360</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-361&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-361 (page does not exist)">NA-361</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-362&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-362 (page does not exist)">NA-362</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-363&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-363 (page does not exist)">NA-363</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-364&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-364 (page does not exist)">NA-364</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-365&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-365 (page does not exist)">NA-365</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-366&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-366 (page does not exist)">NA-366</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-367</a></li> <li>NA-368</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-369</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-370</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-371</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-372</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-373</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-374</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-375</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-376</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-377</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-378</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-379&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-379 (page does not exist)">NA-379</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-380</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-381&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-381 (page does not exist)">NA-381</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">NA-382</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-383&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-383 (page does not exist)">NA-383</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-384&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-384 (page does not exist)">NA-384</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-385</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-386</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-387&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-387 (page does not exist)">NA-387</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-388&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-388 (page does not exist)">NA-388</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-389&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-389 (page does not exist)">NA-389</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-390</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-391</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-392</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-393&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-393 (page does not exist)">NA-393</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-394&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-394 (page does not exist)">NA-394</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-395&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-395 (page does not exist)">NA-395</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-396</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-397</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-398</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-399&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-399 (page does not exist)">NA-399</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-400&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-400 (page does not exist)">NA-400</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-401&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-401 (page does not exist)">NA-401</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-402</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">NA-403</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">NA-404</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">NA-405</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-406&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-406 (page does not exist)">NA-406</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-407&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-407 (page does not exist)">NA-407</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-420&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-420 (page does not exist)">NA-420</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-420&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-420 (page does not exist)">NA-430</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_American_NA-420&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="North American NA-420 (page does not exist)">NA-431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">D481</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-64_Navaho" title="SM-64 Navaho">NA-704</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By role</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">P-51 Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-64" title="North American P-64">P-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">F-82 Twin Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">F-86</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">F-86D Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_YF-93" title="North American YF-93">YF-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">F-100 Super Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">F-107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">XF-108 Rapier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-1_Fury" title="North American FJ-1 Fury">FJ-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">FJ-2/3 Fury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">FJ-4 Fury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">F-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_XFV-12" title="Rockwell XFV-12">XFV-12</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bombers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-21" title="North American XB-21">XB-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">B-25 Mitchell </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-28_Dragon" title="North American XB-28 Dragon">XB-28 Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">B-45 Tornado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-64_Navaho" title="SM-64 Navaho">B-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">XB-70 Valkyrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">B-1 Lancer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attack</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-27" title="North American A-27">A-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-36" title="North American A-36">A-36 "Mustang"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">AJ Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XA2J_Super_Savage" title="North American XA2J Super Savage">XA2J Super Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">A3J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">A-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">A-5 Vigilante</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Observation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_O-47" title="North American O-47">O-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Navion" title="Ryan Navion">L-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">OV-10 Bronco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trainers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">NA-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-35" title="North American NA-35">NA-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_BT-9" title="North American BT-9">BT-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_BT-9" title="North American BT-9">BT-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_BT-9" title="North American BT-9">BT-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-64_Yale" title="North American NA-64 Yale">Yale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">BC-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">Harvard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">BC-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">AT-6 Texan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">T-6 Texan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_BT-9" title="North American BT-9">NJ-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">SNJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XSN2J" title="North American XSN2J">XSN2J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">T2J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">T3J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">T-28 Trojan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">T-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">T-2 Buckeye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_Ranger_2000" title="Rockwell Ranger 2000">Ranger 2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NAC-60" title="North American NAC-60">NAC-60</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Drones</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_MQM-42" title="North American MQM-42">MQM-42</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Experimental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-10" title="North American X-10">X-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">X-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_X-30" title="Rockwell X-30">X-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell-MBB_X-31" title="Rockwell-MBB X-31">X-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_HiMAT" title="Rockwell HiMAT">HiMAT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Missiles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">SSM-N-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-64_Navaho" title="SM-64 Navaho">SM-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-28_Hound_Dog" title="AGM-28 Hound Dog">GAM-77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-28_Hound_Dog" title="AGM-28 Hound Dog">AGM-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-53_Condor" title="AGM-53 Condor">AGM-53</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spacecraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_command_and_service_module" title="Apollo command and service module">Apollo command and service module</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_DC-3" title="North American DC-3">DC-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_orbiter" title="Space Shuttle orbiter">Space Shuttle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By name</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-36" title="North American A-36">Apache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">Bronco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-2_Buckeye" title="North American T-2 Buckeye">Buckeye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ_Fury" title="North American FJ Fury">Fury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">Harvard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_HiMAT" title="Rockwell HiMAT">HiMAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-28_Hound_Dog" title="AGM-28 Hound Dog">Hound Dog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-36" title="North American A-36">Invader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">Lancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-64_Navaho" title="SM-64 Navaho">Navaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Navion" title="Ryan Navion">Navion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_Ranger_2000" title="Rockwell Ranger 2000">Ranger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">Rapier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_MQM-42" title="North American MQM-42">Redhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_MQM-42" title="North American MQM-42">Roadrunner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">Sabre Dog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">Sabreliner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">Super Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XA2J_Super_Savage" title="North American XA2J Super Savage">Super Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ_Savage" title="North American AJ Savage">Taurus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">Texan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">Tornado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-64" title="North American P-64">Torito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">Trojan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">Twin Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">Valkyrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante" title="North American A-5 Vigilante">Vigilante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_BT-9" title="North American BT-9">Yale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: <a href="/wiki/Aero_Commander" title="Aero Commander">Aero Commander</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_family" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:B-29_family" title="Template:B-29 family"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:B-29_family" title="Template talk:B-29 family"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:B-29_family" title="Special:EditPage/Template:B-29 family"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_family" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">B-29 Superfortress family</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B-29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">B-29D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing KB-29 Superfortress">KB-29</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-39_Superfortress" title="Boeing XB-39 Superfortress">XB-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">XB-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">B-50</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-54" title="Boeing B-54">YB-50C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-54" title="Boeing B-54">B-54</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">P2B</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tupolev" title="Tupolev">Tupolev</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4" title="Tupolev Tu-4">Tu-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-80" title="Tupolev Tu-80">Tu-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-85" title="Tupolev Tu-85">Tu-85</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Tankers</li><li>Transports</li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Boeing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">C-97</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">KC-97</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tupolev</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-75" title="Tupolev Tu-75">Tu-75</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aero_Spacelines" title="Aero Spacelines">Aero Spacelines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Pregnant_Guppy" title="Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy">Pregnant Guppy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy" title="Aero Spacelines Super Guppy">Super Guppy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Mini_Guppy" title="Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy">Mini Guppy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Airliners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Boeing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_377_Stratocruiser" title="Boeing 377 Stratocruiser">377 Stratocruiser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tupolev</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-70" title="Tupolev Tu-70">Tu-70</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">AEW</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KJ-1_AEWC" title="KJ-1 AEWC">KJ-1 AEWC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kansas" title="Battle of Kansas">Battle of Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_B-29_Superfortress_operators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of B-29 Superfortress operators">Operators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silverplate" title="Silverplate">Silverplate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_surviving_Boeing_B-29_Superfortresses" title="List of surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses">Survivors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FICON_project#Project_MX-1016_(Tip_Tow)" title="FICON project">Tip Tow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">Variants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Accidents and incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bleaklow_Bomber" title="Bleaklow Bomber">1948 Bleaklow crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Lake_Mead_Boeing_B-29_crash" title="1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash">1948 Lake Mead crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Georgia_USAF_Boeing_B-29_crash" title="1948 Georgia USAF Boeing B-29 crash">1948 Waycross crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Fairfield-Suisun_Boeing_B-29_crash" title="1950 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash">1950 Fairfield-Suisun crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_202" title="Pan Am Flight 202">Pan Am Flight 202</a> <small>(1952)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Prestwick_air_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 Prestwick air disaster">1954 Prestwick air disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_845/26" title="Pan Am Flight 845/26">Pan Am Flight 845/26</a> <small>(1955)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_2" title="Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2">Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2</a> <small>(1956)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_6" title="Pan Am Flight 6">Pan Am Flight 6</a> <small>(1956)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_7" title="Pan Am Flight 7">Pan Am Flight 7</a> <small>(1956)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Notable aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Stink_(aircraft)" title="Big Stink (aircraft)">Big Stink</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bockscar" title="Bockscar">Bockscar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dauntless_Dotty" title="Dauntless Dotty">Dauntless Dotty</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Stink_(aircraft)" title="Big Stink (aircraft)">Dave's Dream</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doc_(aircraft)" title="Doc (aircraft)">Doc</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enola_Gay" title="Enola Gay">Enola Gay</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/FIFI_(aircraft)" title="FIFI (aircraft)">FIFI</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Full_House_(aircraft)" title="Full House (aircraft)">Full House</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jabit_III" title="Jabit III">Jabit III</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kee_Bird" title="Kee Bird">Kee Bird</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laggin%27_Dragon" title="Laggin&#39; Dragon">Laggin' Dragon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Lady_II" title="Lucky Lady II">Lucky Lady II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Luke_the_Spook" title="Luke the Spook">Luke the Spook</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Necessary_Evil_(aircraft)" title="Necessary Evil (aircraft)">Necessary Evil</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Next_Objective" title="Next Objective">Next Objective</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Some_Punkins" title="Some Punkins">Some Punkins</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Cargo_(aircraft)" title="Strange Cargo (aircraft)">Strange Cargo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Straight_Flush" title="Straight Flush">Straight Flush</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Artiste" title="The Great Artiste">The Great Artiste</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Top_Secret_(aircraft)" title="Top Secret (aircraft)">Top Secret</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Up_An%27_Atom" title="Up An&#39; Atom">Up An' Atom</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Notable flights</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_November_1944_reconnaissance_sortie_over_Japan" title="1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan">1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">In media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_in_fiction#B-29_Superfortress" title="Aircraft in fiction">Boeing B-29 Superfortress in fiction</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Birth_of_the_B-29" title="Birth of the B-29">Birth of the B-29</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Blue_Yonder_(1951_film)" title="The Wild Blue Yonder (1951 film)">The Wild Blue Yonder</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enola_Gay:_The_Men,_the_Mission,_the_Atomic_Bomb" title="Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb">Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb</a></i> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:B-17_family" title="Template:B-17 family">Boeing B-17 family</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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S.E.5">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_504" title="Avro 504">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Pup" title="Sopwith Pup">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9" title="Airco DH.9">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth" title="De Havilland DH.60 Moth">A7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.50" title="De Havilland DH.50">A8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seagull_(1921)" title="Supermarine Seagull (1921)">A9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_III" title="Fairey III">A10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Southampton" title="Supermarine Southampton">A11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Bulldog" title="Bristol Bulldog">A12</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF Series Two<br /><span class="nobold">1935–63</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Wackett" title="CAC Wackett">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_643_Cadet" title="Avro 643 Cadet">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth" title="De Havilland DH.60 Moth">A7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">A8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">A9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.50" title="De Havilland DH.50">A10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorcraft_Auster" title="Taylorcraft Auster">A11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Bulldog" title="Bristol Bulldog">A12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Trainer" title="Link Trainer">A13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tugan_Gannet" title="Tugan Gannet">A14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Magister" title="Miles Magister">A15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">A16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth" title="De Havilland Tiger Moth">A17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">A18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">A19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Wirraway" title="CAC Wirraway">A20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Moth_Minor" title="De Havilland Moth Minor">A21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Battle" title="Fairey Battle">A22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Woomera" title="CAC Woomera">A23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina">A24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Oxford" title="Airspeed Oxford">A25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">A26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance" title="Vultee A-31 Vengeance">A27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">A28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">A29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Express" title="De Havilland Express">A31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Vega_Gull" title="Percival Vega Gull">A32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon_Rapide" title="De Havilland Dragon Rapide">A33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon" title="De Havilland Dragon">A34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Dolphin" title="Douglas Dolphin">A35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_24" title="Fairchild 24">A36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Falcon" title="Miles Falcon">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Merlin" title="Miles Merlin">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Hawk" title="Miles Hawk">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_Reliant" title="Stinson Reliant">A38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_17_Staggerwing" title="Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing">A39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_Airmaster" title="Cessna Airmaster">A40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Fox_Moth" title="De Havilland Fox Moth">A41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Vega" title="Lockheed Vega">A42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragonfly" title="De Havilland Dragonfly">A43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_G_31" title="Junkers G 31">A44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_W_34" title="Junkers W 34">A44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Trimotor" title="Ford Trimotor">A45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Boomerang" title="CAC Boomerang">A46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">A47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_OS2U_Kingfisher" title="Vought OS2U Kingfisher">A48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dornier_Do_24" title="Dornier Do 24">A49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_ST" title="Ryan ST">A50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_F2A_Buffalo" title="Brewster F2A Buffalo">A51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">A52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">A53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco_Aircraft_Company" title="Waco Aircraft Company">A54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">A55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-43_Lancer" title="Republic P-43 Lancer">A56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Australia" title="De Havilland Australia">A57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">A58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Ventura" title="Lockheed Ventura">A59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">A60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">A61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_CA-15" title="CAC CA-15">A62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_navigation" title="Celestial navigation">A63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_L-1_Vigilant" title="Stinson L-1 Vigilant">A64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">A65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" title="Avro Lancaster">A66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">A67</a></li> <li>A68 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Mustang" title="CAC Mustang">1–200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">500–1001</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SB2C Helldiver">A69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_PBM_Mariner" title="Martin PBM Mariner">A70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noorduyn_Norseman" title="Noorduyn Norseman">A71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">A72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Lincoln" title="Avro Lincoln">A73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_York" title="Avro York">A74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Proctor" title="Percival Proctor">A75</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">A77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">A78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">A79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_H-5" title="Sikorsky H-5">A80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Freighter" title="Bristol Freighter">A81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viking" title="Vickers Viking">A82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet" title="De Havilland Hornet">A83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">A84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Winjeel" title="CAC Winjeel">A85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_P.1081" title="Hawker P.1081">A86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">A87</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFD_Winged_Target&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="RFD Winged Target (page does not exist)">A88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-2_Neptune" title="Lockheed P-2 Neptune">A89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Prince" title="Percival Prince">A90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Sycamore" title="Bristol Sycamore">A91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">A92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">A93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Sabre" title="CAC Sabre">A94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver">A95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_CV-240_family" title="Convair CV-240 family">A96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">A97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_180_Skywagon" title="Cessna 180 Skywagon">A98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAC_Jet_Provost" title="BAC Jet Provost">A99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otter" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter">A100</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy">RAN Series</a><span class="nobold"><sup>1</sup></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Firefly" title="Fairey Firefly">N1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">N2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Gannet" title="Fairey Gannet">N3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Sea_Venom" title="De Havilland Sea Venom">N4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Sycamore" title="Bristol Sycamore">N5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">N6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">N7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Scout" title="Westland Scout">N8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">N9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radioplane_BTT" title="Radioplane BTT">N10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">N11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">N12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk" title="Douglas A-4 Skyhawk">N13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-326" title="Aermacchi MB-326">N14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748" title="Hawker Siddeley HS 748">N15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">N16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF Series Three</a><br /><span class="nobold">Tri-Service series<br />1964–<span style="font-size:85%;">present</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_H-13_Sioux" title="Bell H-13 Sioux">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_III_Australian_procurement" title="Dassault Mirage III Australian procurement">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Alouette_III" title="Aérospatiale Alouette III">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-326" title="Aermacchi MB-326">A7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111C" title="General Dynamics F-111C">A8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion" title="Lockheed P-3 Orion">A9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748" title="Hawker Siddeley HS 748">A10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_20" title="Dassault Falcon 20">A11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAC_One-Eleven" title="BAC One-Eleven">A12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Trainer" title="Link Trainer">A13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-6_Porter" title="Pilatus PC-6 Porter">A14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook" title="Boeing CH-47 Chinook">A15</a></li> <li><i>A16</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_OH-58_Kiowa" title="Bell OH-58 Kiowa">A17/N17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Nomad" title="GAF Nomad">A18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PAC_CT/4_Airtrainer" title="PAC CT/4 Airtrainer">A19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">A20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">A21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_AS350_%C3%89cureuil" title="Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil">A22/N22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-9" title="Pilatus PC-9">A23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-60_Seahawk" title="Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk">N24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">A25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_900" title="Dassault Falcon 900">A26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Hawk" title="BAE Systems Hawk">A27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_MQM-107_Streaker" title="Beechcraft MQM-107 Streaker">N28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaman_SH-2G_Super_Seasprite" title="Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite">N29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-7_Wedgetail" title="Boeing E-7 Wedgetail">A30</a></li> <li><i>A31</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">A32</a></li> <li><i>A33</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan" title="Alenia C-27J Spartan">A34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">A35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Business_Jet" title="Boeing Business Jet">A36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series" title="Bombardier Challenger 600 series">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_Tiger" title="Eurocopter Tiger">A38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT" title="Airbus A330 MRTT">A39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90" title="NHIndustries NH90">A40/N40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">A41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW109" title="AgustaWestland AW109">N42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AAI_RQ-7_Shadow" title="AAI RQ-7 Shadow">A43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">A44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IAI_Heron" title="IAI Heron">A45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EA-18G_Growler" title="Boeing EA-18G Growler">A46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">A47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-60_Seahawk" title="Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk">N48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_429_GlobalRanger" title="Bell 429 GlobalRanger">N49</a></li> <li><i>A51</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_EC135" title="Eurocopter EC135">N52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_1900" title="Beechcraft 1900">A53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-21" title="Pilatus PC-21">A54</a></li> <li><i>A55</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_7X" title="Dassault Falcon 7X">A56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_in_Australian_service" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service">A69</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force">Aircraft of the RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy">Aircraft of the RAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Army_aircraft" title="List of Australian Army aircraft">Aircraft of the Australian Army</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup>&#160;Prior to adoption of Tri-Service prefixes.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Service" title="United States Army Air Service">USAAS</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">USAAC</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">USAAF</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a> bomber designations, Army/Air Force and <a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system" title="1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system">Tri-Service</a> systems</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Original sequences<br />(1924–1930)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Light bomber</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huff-Daland_LB-1" title="Huff-Daland LB-1">LB-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-10" title="Fokker F-10">LB-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_XLB-3" title="Keystone XLB-3">LB-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XLB-4" title="Martin XLB-4">LB-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_LB-5" title="Keystone LB-5">LB-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_LB-6" title="Keystone LB-6">LB-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_LB-6" title="Keystone LB-6">LB-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_LB-6" title="Keystone LB-6">LB-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_LB-6" title="Keystone LB-6">LB-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_B-3" title="Keystone B-3">LB-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_LB-6" title="Keystone LB-6">LB-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_LB-6" title="Keystone LB-6">LB-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_B-4" title="Keystone B-4">LB-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_B-5" title="Keystone B-5">LB-14</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medium bomber</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huff-Daland_XB-1" title="Huff-Daland XB-1">B-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_B-2_Condor" title="Curtiss B-2 Condor">B-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heavy bomber</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huff-Daland_XHB-1" title="Huff-Daland XHB-1">HB-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_XHB-2" title="Fokker XHB-2">HB-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huff-Daland_XHB-3" title="Huff-Daland XHB-3">HB-3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main sequence<br />(1930–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huff-Daland_XB-1" title="Huff-Daland XB-1">B-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_B-2_Condor" title="Curtiss B-2 Condor">B-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_B-3" title="Keystone B-3">B-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_B-4" title="Keystone B-4">B-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_B-5" title="Keystone B-5">B-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_B-6" title="Keystone B-6">B-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Y1B-7" title="Douglas Y1B-7">B-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_XB-8" title="Fokker XB-8">B-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YB-9" title="Boeing YB-9">B-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-10" title="Martin B-10">B-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_YOA-5" title="Douglas YOA-5">B-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-10" title="Martin B-10">B-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-10" title="Martin B-10">B-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-10" title="Martin B-10">B-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-15" title="Boeing XB-15">B-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XB-16" title="Martin XB-16">B-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-18_Bolo" title="Douglas B-18 Bolo">B-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XB-19" title="Douglas XB-19">B-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Y1B-20" title="Boeing Y1B-20">B-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-21" title="North American XB-21">B-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-18_Bolo" title="Douglas B-18 Bolo">B-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-23_Dragon" title="Douglas B-23 Dragon">B-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">B-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">B-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-26_Marauder" title="Martin B-26 Marauder">B-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XB-27" title="Martin XB-27">B-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-28_Dragon" title="North American XB-28 Dragon">B-28</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B-29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">B-29D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XB-30" title="Lockheed XB-30">B-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XB-31" title="Douglas XB-31">B-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-32_Dominator" title="Consolidated B-32 Dominator">B-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XB-33_Super_Marauder" title="Martin XB-33 Super Marauder">B-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Ventura" title="Lockheed Ventura">B-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-35" title="Northrop YB-35">B-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">B-36</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convair_YB-60" title="Convair YB-60">B-36G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_NB-36H" title="Convair NB-36H">NB-36H</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Ventura" title="Lockheed Ventura">B-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-38_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress">B-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-39_Superfortress" title="Boeing XB-39 Superfortress">B-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YB-40_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress">B-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_XB-41_Liberator" title="Consolidated XB-41 Liberator">B-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XB-42_Mixmaster" title="Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster">B-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XB-43_Jetmaster" title="Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster">B-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">B-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">B-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XB-46" title="Convair XB-46">B-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">B-47</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-56" title="Boeing XB-56">B-47C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XB-48" title="Martin XB-48">B-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">B-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">B-50</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-54" title="Boeing B-54">B-50C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XB-51" title="Martin XB-51">B-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">B-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XB-53" title="Convair XB-53">B-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-54" title="Boeing B-54">B-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-55" title="Boeing XB-55">B-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-56" title="Boeing XB-56">B-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">B-57</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_RB-57D_Canberra" title="Martin RB-57D Canberra">RB-57D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin/General_Dynamics_RB-57F_Canberra" title="Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra">RB-57F</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-58_Hustler" title="Convair B-58 Hustler">B-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-59" title="Boeing XB-59">B-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_YB-60" title="Convair YB-60">B-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MGM-1_Matador" title="MGM-1 Matador">B-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">B-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAM-63_RASCAL" title="GAM-63 RASCAL">B-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-64_Navaho" title="SM-64 Navaho">B-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">B-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-66_Destroyer" title="Douglas B-66 Destroyer">B-66</a></li> <li><a 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/>(1962–current)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">B-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit" title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">B-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-sequential</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Redesignated A-series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">B-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader" title="Douglas A-26 Invader">B-26</a></li></ul> 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prefix F-, 1930–1947</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_71" title="Fairchild 71">F-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">F-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">F-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">F-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">F-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">F-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">F-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">F-8</a></li> <li><a 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Rainbow">R-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">R-16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reconnaissance/strike sequence<br />(1960–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">RS-70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">RS-71</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Strategic reconnaissance sequence<br />(1964–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">SR-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_SR-72" title="Lockheed Martin SR-72">SR-72</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tri-Service main sequence<br />(1962–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">R-1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reconnaissance subtypes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Converted fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">RF-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">RF-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">RF-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">RF-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">RF-104</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Converted bombers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress_variants" title="List of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress variants">RB-17</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">RB-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">RB-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">RB-52</a></li> <li><a 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