B-29 Superfortress Photographs | World War II Database

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Aerial view looking southward over Iwo Jima's South Airfield (formerly Japanese Airfield # 1), with Mount Suribachi in the distance, 26 May 1945; note B-29 bombers on the field	B-29 bombers of US 500th Bomb Group dropping incendiary bombs over Yokohama, Japan, 29 May 1945

US B-29 bomber flying over Osaka, Japan, 1945	A crewman resting aboard a B-29 Superfortress bomber, 1945

American B-29 bombers attacking Kure, Japan, late Jun or early Jul 1945	Armorers preparing propaganda leaflet canisters for loading onto a B-29 Superfortress bomber, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1945

B-29 Superfortress bomber bombadier at work, 1945	B-29 Superfortress bomber crew members inside their aircraft, 1945

B-29 Superfortress bomber crew members inside their aircraft, 1945	B-29 Superfortress bomber crew members inside their aircraft, 1945

P-51 Mustang fighters seen through a window of a B-29 Superfortress bomber, 1945	B-29 Superfortress of the 29th Bomb Group trailing smoke with number-4 engine feathered over Japan, 17 Jul 1945

B-29 Superfortress bombers near Mount Fuji, Japan, circa Jul 1945	B-29 Superfortress bombers dropping bombs on Japan, circa Jul-Aug 1945

B-29 Superfortress “Sweet Thing” of the 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group based at Tinian, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1945 (ser# 44-70108).	USAAF Colonel Paul Tibbets and his crew of B-29 Superfortress bomber 'Enola Gay', 5 Aug 1945

B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay' backing over the bomb pit containg 'Little Boy' bomb, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945	B-29 Superfortress 'Enola Gay' landing at Tinian, Mariana Islands after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, 6 Aug 1945

B-29 Superfortress bomber 'Enola Gay' at Tinian, Mariana Islands immediately after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, 6 Aug 1945	B-29 Superfortress “Gravel Gertie” with the 882nd Bomb Squadron squats on the runway after suffering a main landing gear collapse, Isley Field, Saipan, Aug 6 1945