A pressurized American four-engine heavy bomber developed for very-long-range strategic operations in the Pacific.
Development
Boeing B-29 Superfortress was developed by Boeing Airplane Company in United States as a bomber. The family first flew in 1942 and entered service in 1944. Its recorded airframe configuration is fixed wing, with the family classified in the archive as core combat-aircraft scope.
Operational History
Operationally, Boeing B-29 Superfortress is represented primarily in the bomber role. The sourced variant records include service with United States Army Air Forces. Its documented combat-history coverage includes World War II. Role tags attached to the family include strategic bomber.
Variants and Lineage
Major variants represented in the structured record include B-29 and Silverplate B-29.
Variants
| Designation | Type | Role | Recorded operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| B-29 | Production | Bomber | United States Army Air Forces |
| Silverplate B-29 | Special Mission | Bomber | United States Army Air Forces |
Representative specifications
Configuration-specific profiles are shown separately so values from different variants are not blended into one false “standard” aircraft.
Boeing B-29 — representative B-29 configuration
- Length
- 30.18 m
- Wingspan
- 43.05 m
- Height
- 8.46 m
- Maximum speed
- 574.54 km/h
- Range
- 5,954.57 km
- Service ceiling
- 10,241.28 m
Powerplant: 4 × Wright R-3350 · 1,640.54 kW
Armament: Eight .50-caliber machine guns in remote-controlled turrets, two .50-caliber machine guns and one 20 mm cannon in the tail, with up to 20,000 lb of bombs in the representative museum configuration.
Sources and further reading
Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress — National Museum of the United States Air Force · Tier 1
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress — United States Air Force · Tier 1
- American Combat Planes — Doubleday · Tier 3