B-29 Superfortress

[emilioteles]

B-29 Superfortress 73rd Bomber Wing / XXI BC - 499th Bomber Group.
Serial # 42-63447 - Tail Code V Square 50.
Planes name "Umbriago III - Dat's My Boy" A tag-line used by Jimmy Durante.
Reason for ditching - Out of fuel. (not known why it was out of fuel)
Ditched 90 miles NW of Saipan after bombing the Mitsubishi aircraft factory at Nagoya.
Photo taken by US Navy PBY-5A Catalina that rescued the survivors.
The aircraft remained afloat all night and was sunk the next day by naval fire.

 

[BIGUA82]

B-29's

B-29 "Thumper" at Boeing plant

 

[BIGUA82]

B-29 landed at Iwo Jima with 2 engines out after Osaka raid

B-29 ground collision, Iwo Jima, no serious injuries

B-29 ditched at Iwo Jima

B-29 ditched off Iwo Jima in fog, no injuries

B-29 crashlanded Iwo Jima, killing a man in a truck and injuring 2 men in tent

B-29

 

[MIGUEL]

 

[MIGUEL]

 

[Grulla]

Restauración de un B-29 en Wichita

http://aviationweek.com/bca/restore...t-wichita-hangar#slide-0-field_images-1278221

 

[Rober D]

KB-50 Cisterna repostando un F-101 Voodoo, un B-66 Destroyer y un F-100 Super Sabre.

Foto vía:TreborNehoc

 

[Grulla]

EEUU hace despegar dos 'superfortalezas' creadas para la II Guerra Mundial (vídeo)

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1749297815097981

Dos bombarderos estratégicos estadounidenses B-29 Superfortress han conquistado los cielos durante el espectáculo aéreo AirVenture en Wisconsin, informa Aviation Week.

Link al video: https://mundo.sputniknews.com/defensa/201708011071228262-eeuu-superfortress-airshow/

 

[Rober D]

http://imgur.com/ZzUTVd4

 

[BUFF]

A98I2908 by Dean Hoisak, en Flickr

 

[Rober D]

Tour por el Doc galeria de 17 fotos

http://imgur.com/a/e2PNE2N

 

[Grulla]

B-29 FiFi en exhibición en la entrada del Aeropuerto Sioux

http://alert5.com/2019/08/09/b-29-fifi-on-display-at-sioux-gateway-airport/

 

[Rober D]

Doc & Fifi B-29 Superfortresses

http://imgur.com/ZzUTVd4

Puesto del artillero de cola de un B-29

http://imgur.com/a/qK3y49l

 

[Rober D]

http://instagr.am/p/CBEhOGyh2uK/

 

[ARGENTVS]

Guau.

 

[Rober D]

El B-29 "Doc"

http://imgur.com/a/WX2mGr1

 

[Rober D]

El 10 de agosto de 1951 en EAFB - North American Aviation anunció que un segundo jet de la U.S.A.F. , un F-86 Sabre, había completado con éxito la certificación de reabastecimiento de combustible en vuelo en el AFFTC utilizando un cisterna Boeing KB-29F.

 

[Rober D]

FIFI

 

[Grulla]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1305177583642988544

 

[Daishi]

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/ivv73l