B-29 Superfortress Photographs | World War II Database

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B-29 lost its prop in flight which carved hole in fuselage. Pilot made emergency landing and collided with parked aircraft causing further damage to nose and top turret. Date and location unknown. Photo 3 of 3.	B-29 lost its prop in flight which carved hole in fuselage. Pilot made emergency landing. Date and location unknown. Photo 2 of 2.

B-29 Superfortress bomber crew, Mariana Islands, circa 1945	B-29 Superfortress bomber having just taken off from an airfield on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944-1945

B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight, 1945	B-29 Superfortress bombers at an airfield on Guam, 1944-1945

B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 462nd Bomb Group taxiing through West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945.	B-29 Superfortress bombers of US 73rd Bomb Wing flying near Mount Fuji, Japan, 1945

B-29 Superfortress landing at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico as part of the “Gypsy Task Force” training, 1945.	B-29 Superfortress of the 462nd Bomb Group, the “Hellbirds,” after an emergency landing on Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar).

B-29 Superfortress “Limber Richard” of the 99th Bombardment Squadron flying toward Japan with other squadron bombers, 1945	Flight deck and controls of a B-29 Superfortress. Note the security blanket over the bomb sight.

General Hap Arnold speaking with B-29 maintenance personnel during the “Gypsy Task Force” training at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1945.	Ground crews arming a B-29 Superfortress of the 500th Bomb Group at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944-45.

Hangar 3 at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico with a B-29 Superfortress, a C-47 Skytrain, B-25 Mitchell, and L-4 Grasshopper, 1945.	Men gathering on an American bomber base in the Mariana Islands, 1945

Men loading bombs inside a B-29 Superfortress bomber, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1945	Ramp at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico with a B-29 Superfortress, C-47 Skytrains, B-25 Mitchell, and P-38 Lightning, 1945.

Unloading photographs from a B-29 Superfortress reconnaissance aircraft, Mariana Islands, 1945	US Army personnel unloading photographic equipment from a B-29 Superfortress reconnaissance aircraft, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1945