29 Superfortress B Bombers Aircraft Aviation

Intended for English language sites that primarily deal with the B-29 Superfortress, which was designed in 1940 as an eventual replacement for the B-17 and B-24. The Superfortress was pressurized for high altitudes and featured remotely-controlled gun turrets. It first saw combat in the Pacific.

• - Association & website dedicated to the WWII B-29 Superfortress unit the, 444th BG: 58th Bomb Wing, 20th Army Air Force, CBI / W. Field Tinian - One of the two original B-29 combat groups.
  
• - Photo, history, and statistics.
  
• - Photos and extended history of the aircraft, including service over Japan and the Enola Gay.
  
• - Photos and history of the Superfortress and the "Enola Gay."
  
• - Summary of this book, from the publisher.
  
• - Creative writing titled "Requiem for an Aircraft, Farewell to a Pilot", about flying in a Superfortress.
  
• - Historical materials on the aircraft, it's missions and crews. Includes section on the 509th Composite Group which has nose art pictures and crew details of 15 aircraft assigned to the Group which was to deliver the atomic bombs to Japan.
  
• - Official site with unit and crew histories, individual veteran profiles, and mission summaries.
  
• - Article titled "B-29 Superfortress Saved From a Desert Death". An army of museum volunteers rescues a World War II B-29 Superfortress from the desert for restoration.
  
• - Brief history, specifications, and photos.
  
• - Photos, specifications, and history.
  
• - On February 21, 1947 a U.S. Army Air Corps arctic-modified B-29 (known as an F-13) named the "Kee Bird" became lost, ran out of fuel and was forced to crash land. The story is told by the crew members.
  
• - Photos, news, and aircraft history.
  
• - The official site of General Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 "Enola Gay" that dropped the Hiroshima bomb.
  
  

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