Kenneth Jenkins, 22nd Maintenance Squadron flight chief, have been volunteering their time for a special project: restoring “Doc,” a B-29 Superfortress ... aircraft during World War II ...
The kind of plane known for ending WWII is in Tulsa this weekend. One of only two B-29s that can still fly is at Tulsa ...
Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress was a strategic bomber used to defeat Japan in WWII and was intended for transoceanic missions.
Older residents of what is now Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, still vividly remember the horrific warplane crash there and the dramatic events that ensued in the waning days of World War II. With ...
Seeing it, touching it, and in the case of B-29 Doc — a World War II-era bomber — flying in it, though, is an altogether different experience, says Sean Elliott, pilot of the craft.
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is one of the most well-known aircraft of WWII. “Without the B-29, the war probably drags on longer,” Wells said. “The B-29 was a technological marvel in the 1940s.
Back in the day, Kevin Lockwood enjoyed tinkering with Chevy Camaros but soon realized he wanted to combine his interest in ...
World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military ... National Air and Space Museum Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" National Air and Space Museum Martin B-26B-25-MA ...
One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the ... Harry George in front of his B-29 bomber. Harry George. After American forces captured the Mariana Islands in the summer of 1944, ...
FILE – In this Sept. 29, 2004, file photo, the Nine-O-Nine, a Collings Foundation B-17 Flying Fortress, flies over Bristol, Conn. A B-17 vintage World War II-era bomber plane crashed Wednesday ...
One of the last flying B-29 Superfortress aircraft—the same type from Boeing that dropped two atomic bombs on Japan—touched ...
Seeing a historic artifact in a museum is one thing. Seeing it, touching it, and in the case of B-29 Doc — a World War II-era bomber — flying in it, though, is an altogether different ...