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B-29 Superfortress part 2

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: Crew of 42-93828 Monsoon Goon 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, India 1944

: Crew of 42-24487 Bengal Lancer 468th Bomb Group, 793rd BS

: Superfortress Liberty Belle

: Ground Crew with Lil Herbert 444th BG

: Superfortress gasoline carrier India 1944

: Superfortress fuel tanker India 1944

: Superfortress of the 768th BS 462nd BG Tinian

: Superfortress of the 468th BG in flight

: Bombers of the 468th BG Iwo Jima

: Crew of 468th BG, 793rd BS India 1944

: Hsinching Airfield China December 1944

: B-29 444th BG India

: 44-87630 “Up N’ Comin'” 444 BG Tinian

: 44-27340 IRON GEORGE 462nd BG

: 42-93857 HELLON WINGS 444th BG

: “Eleanor / Jo” 42-65337 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: “Eleanor / Jo” 42-65337 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: “Raidin Maiden II” 42-65276 468th Bomb Group, 793rd BS India

: Crew of “Raidin Maiden II” 42-65276 468th Bomb Group, 793rd BS India

: 42-65268 AIRBORN 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: Crew of 42-65272 “Miss Shorty / Lucky Lady” 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-65227 Lady Be Good 468th Bombardment Group, 792nd Bomb Squadron

: Naughty Nancy 42-63496 of the 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: 42-63464 Belle Ringer of the 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: Crew of 42-63378 Fubar 679th BS CBI 1944

: wooden moke up

: B-29 42-63378 Fubar 679th BS CBI 1944

: “Lil Organ Annie” 42-24893 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-24736 crashed after belly landing, 1 February 1945

: Crew of Miss Lead 42-24734 794th BS, 468 BG

: 42-24723 “Shanghai Lil Rides Again” 1944

: 42-24723 “Shanghai Lil Rides Again” 444th Bomb Group, 676th BS

: 42-24687 “Tokyo Local” of the 882nd BS, 500th BG Saipan 1944

: 42-24620 Sleepy Time Gal of the 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group

: “Little Clambert” 42-24582 and 42-63394

: 42-24542 “Lady Hamilton II” of the 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-24538 “Monsoon Goon” of the 676th BS, 444th BG

: Crew of “The Mary K” 42-24525, 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-24507 BACHELOR QUARTERS’ 444th BG

: “Andy’s Dandy” 42-65208 of the 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-24485 Lady Marge of the 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: Crew of B-29 42-24469 Blind Date, 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-24464 “Flying Stud II” assigned to 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: 42-24442 “Wichita Witch” 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: “Totin’ to Tokyo” 42-6454 of the 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, India 1944

: Crew of “Gallopin’ Goose” 42-6390 Gallopin Goose 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: Crew of 42-6347 “King Size” of the 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, 1944

: Crew of “Starduster” 42-6305, 462nd Bomb Group

: Crew of “Old-Bitch-U-Airy Bess” 42-6273, 462nd BG, 769th BS

: 42-6284 The Challenger of the 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: B-29 42-6246 679 BS 444 BG, India 1944

: Destroyed “Last Resort” 42-63394 at Chakulia, India, January 1945

: 42-63378 Fubar 679th BS CBI 1944

: 42-63375 HER MAJESTY of the 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: Destroyed “Last Resort” 42-63394 at Chakulia, India, January 1945

: 42-24723 “Shanghai Lil Rides Again”

: 42-24879 Ready Betty of the 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-24736 crashed after belly landing, 1 February 1945

: Crew of 42-24723 “Shanghai Lil Rides Again” 444th BG

: 42-24691 Fast Company

: Crashed 42-24691 Fast Company

: 42-24678 Kickapoo Lou of the 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, 1944

: 42-24579 “Eddie Allen” of the 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group in flight

: Crew of 42-24542 “Lady Hamilton II” of the 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-24538 “Beter N’ Nutin” 444 BG

: Superfortress “The Mary K” 42-24525 of the 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-24504 “Gunga Din” of the 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, India 1944

: 42-24486 Windy City II of the 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: “SKY CHIEF” 42-24472 of the 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: 42-24464 “Flying Stud II” assigned to 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: Crew of 42-24462 Princess Eileen II of the 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group

: Crew of 42-24442 “Wichita Witch” 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: 42-6397 “Million Dollar Baby” of the 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, India

: “Humpin Honey” 42-6299 K-28 of the 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, India 1944

: 42-6331 “Gone With the Wind” of the 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group

: “Katie” 42-6298 40th Bomb Group at Hsinching, China December 1944

: Superfortress Postville Express 42-6279 468th BG, 792nd Bomb Squadron

: Superfortress 42-6232 Kickapoo II of the 792nd BS, 468th BG towed by M3 halftrack

: 676th Bombardment Squadron insignia

: Superfortress prototype – gunner sighting position

: Superfortress “Dauntless Dotty” 41-36960 in flight

: Prototype “Gremlin Hotel” 41-18335 1943

: XB-29 41-18335

: Prototype 41-003

: B-29 42-93921 tested a Jet Assisted Take-off

: YB-29 41-36963 modified as a tanker to ferry fuel over the “Hump”

: 3rd prototype 41-18335 over over Mt. Ranier in western Washington State

: Early B-29 December USA 1943

: B-29 over Osaka 1945

: Formation of B-29 prepare for Tokyo Raid 5 December 1944 Saipan

: B-29 42-6242 in flight November 1943

: B-29 raid on Nakajima Factory Ota Japan 1945

: B-29 Thumper 42-24623 of the 497th Bomb Group 870th Squadron USA 1945

: B-29 of the 40th Bomb Group over China 1944

: Ordinance Officer sets fuses of B-29 bombs

: B-29 of the 331st Bomb Group

: B-29 Up N’ Comin’ nose art

: B-29 44-69741 City of Columbus aka Ten Under Parr of the 459th BS, 330th BG Guam

: Crewman crawling thru padded fuselage tunnel of B-29

: B-29 42-6399 “The Agitator” of the 444th Bomb Group, 678th Bomb Squadron 1944

: B-29 of the 497th Bomb Group dropping bombs on Japan

: B-29 Lucky

: B-29 of the 6th Bombardment Group

: B-29 of the 499th Bomb Group Saipan

: B-29 42-24779 “Satan’s Lady” of the 504th BG, 412st BS

: B-29 of the 509th Bomb Group crashed in ditch

: B-29 bombers of the 501st Bomb Group

: YB-29 Superfortress 41-36957 2

: B-29 cockpit

: B-29 of the 9th BG, color photo

: Crew of B-29 July 1945

: B-29 with black underside for night raids over Japan 1945

: Aerial View of B-29 Bombers

: Prototype XB-29 41-18335 “Gremlin Hotel” 1943

: 2,000,000th ton of explosives loaded on B-29 “Goin Jessie”

: loading blockbuster bomb on B-29 42-63693 Marianas

: B-29 Enola Gay 1945

: Aircrew posed with B-29 “City of Alhambra” October 1945

: B-29 of the 16th Bomb Group

: B-29 bombers of the 40th and 462nd Bomb Group Tinian

: B-29 42-24593 American Maid of the 497th BG, 869th BS Saipan, December 1944

: B-29 44-61670 “Lady Frances” of the 444th BG, 676th BS

: M2 High Speed Tractor towing B-29 K-106 of 40th BG China September 1944

: YB-29 41-36957

: B-29 bombers of the 29th BG

: B-29 42-24505 of the 462nd BG over Formosa October 1944

: Crew of “Coral Queen” 42-24615 of the 497th BG, 869th BS Saipan August 1945

: B-29 42-6226 of the 462nd BG Prescott Isle, Maine, 9 April 1944

: B-29 “High eh Doc” of the 505th BG, 483rd BS Tinian 1945

: B-29 of the 498th BG in flight

: B-29 42-6454 “Totin to Tokyo” of the 468th BG, 793rd Bomb Squadron 1944

: B-29 42-24797 K-349 of the 505th BG, 484th BS

: B-29 takes off India June 1944

: B-29s of XXth BC attack Singapore Naval Base 1945

: B-29 42-63454 Thunder Bird of the 462nd BG, 770th Bomb Squadron

: B-29s of the 462nd BG Hellbirds bombing Kure Naval Base 1945

: B-29 of the 509th Composite Group Bikini Tests 1946

: 21st BC B-29 and P-51D burns after crash landing on Iwo Jima 1945

: B-29s of the 505th BG 19 April 1945

: Superfortress 42-24626 “Jokers Wild” of the 497th BG, 871st BS, Saipan November 1944

: B-29 of the 330th BG landing after a mission 1945

: B-29s of the 499th BG, 878th BS take off from Isely Field Saipan 1945

: B-29 42-63462 of the 40th BG, 44th BS Tinian, May 1945

: Crew working on B-29 21st BC at Marianas Base 1945

: B-29 44-69986 “City of Vincennes” of the 39th BG, 60th Bomb Squadron

: B-29 Superfortress landing on Saipan 44

: B-29 of 468th BG on a 14th AF airfield in China 1944

: B-29 Enola Gay Tinian August 1945

: Tail section of B-29 42-24607 “Forbidden Fruit” from 498th BG, 875th Bomb Squadron

: B-29 44-69959 of the 19th Bomb Group

: Crashed B-29 42-6253 “Windy City” of 468th BG, 794th BS, Pengshan China August 1944

: B-29 of the 98th BW Yokota Japan September 1951

: B-29 44-61556 of the 40th BG

: B-29 44-87775 1945

: Ground Crew loads 4000 lb bombs on B-29s of 73rd BW on Saipan 1945

: Crashed 509th Bomb Group B-29 1945

: B-29 42-65241 “The Life Of Riley” of the 504th BG, 398th Bomb Squadron

: Bombs falling from B-29s on Port of Kobe 1945

: B-29 of the 19th BG dropping bombs over Japan 1945

: B-29 “Dinah Might” of the 9th BG, 1st BS after emergency landing at Motoyama airfield, 4 March 1945

: XB-29 41-18335 3rd prototype 1942

: B-29 42-6323 “Eileen” China

: 29th BG B-29s leave Guam for raid on Japan 1945

: B-29 of the 19th BG Guam

: B-29 K-272 of the 499th BG

: 497th BG 869th BS B-29 Dauntless Dotty 42-24592 Saipan

: B-29 42-24598 Waddy’s Wagon of the 497th Bomb Group, 886th BS, Saipan, Isley Field November 1944

: Aviation Engineers man bulldozer by burning B-29 on Saipan December 1944

: Superfortress 44-70005 “The Herd of Bald Goats” of 482nd BS, 505th BG

: Unveiling of Superfortress 44-70118 named Ernie Pyle 1945

: Burning B-29 of 73rd BW following Japanese attack on Isley Field 1944

: B-29 42-24612 in flight

: B-29 42-24591 “Lucky Lynn” of the 497th BG, 869th BS Saipan 15 December 1944

: Ground crew poses beside B-29 “Goin’ Jessie” 42-24856 of the 9th BG, 5th Bomb Squadron Tinian 1945

: B-29 remote controlled bottom rear turret

: 9th Bomb Group B-29

: Capt Young’s crew Saipan December 1944

: XB-29 41-002 “The Flying Guinea Pig” 1942

: B-29 42-6275 “Snafuper Bomber” of 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group China 1944

: Flak-Riddled B-29 of 21st BC after raid on Tokyo 1945

: B-29 42-24691 “Fast Company” of the 792nd Bombardment Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

: Superfortress 42-65210 “Fay” of the 498th BG, 874th BS Saipan 1944

: Ground crews watch 1st B-29 leave Saipan for attack on Tokyo 44

: Group of mechanics of a B-29 engine at a 314th BW base Guam

: B-29 of the 19th Bomb Group in flight

: B-29 of 468th BG over Yawata during August 20, 1944 raid

: XB-29 41-18335 third prototype in flight

: Burning B-29 Iwo Jima July 1945

: B-29 42-93836 in flight

: B-29 of the 509th Composite Group Bikini A-Bomb Tests 1946

: B-29 tail gunner with remote control gun sight

: B-29 “Dottie” take off from Chungking 3 December 1944

: Ki-46 after attack on B-29

: B-29 42-24668 “The Cannuck” of the 500th BG, 882nd Bomb Squadron Guam

: B-29 tail gunner

: Crewmembers relax on bunks in crew compartment of B-29

: Crewmen dine from food tray galley aboard B-29

: B-29 42-24780 “Doc’s Deadly Dose” of the 504th BG, 398th Bomb Squadron

: B-29 42-63414 “The Jumping Stud” of the 497th BG, 871st BS

: Crashed B-29 “Ramblin Roscoe” 42-24664 of the 500th BG, 882nd BS, Iwo Jima 15 April 1945

: B-29 42-24623 “Thumper” of the 497th Bomb Group 870th BS USA 1945

: Bulldozer and B-29 44-69762 of 29th Bomb Group Marianas 1945

: Crew of 497th Bomb Group, 886th BS B-29 42-24598 Waddy’s Wagon, Saipan November 1944

: B-29 K-336 of the 504th Bomb Group

: B-29 42-24779 “Satan’s Lady” of the 504th BG, 412st BS Tinian March 1945

: 60th Bomb Squadron, 39th Bomb Group Crew and B-29, 29 April 1945

: Grounf crew with B-29 Thumper of 504th BG 21 February 1945

: B-29 Iwo Jima

: Seabee on tractor and B-29s arriving at North Field on Tinian 1945

: B-29 44-61639 “Hellbird” of the 462nd BG, 768 BS in flight

: B-29 wings on assembly line at Renton Plant

: B-29 42-24620 “Sleepy Time Gal” of the 40th BG, 44th BS

: Interior view of B-29 rear cabin

: B-29 of 19th BG over Japan 1945

: “Z Square 22” of the 500th BG – loading ammunition and 1000 lb bombs

: B-29 44-61679 of the 6th BG

: Burning B-29 of the 504th BG after emergency landing on Iwo Jima

: B-29A 42-93844 in flight

: 468th BG, 792nd BS B-29 42-24494 “Mary Ann” attacking Hatto Formosa 18 October 1944

: 497th BG, 871st BS B-29 42-65231 “Gonna Mak’er” takes off from Saipan 1944

: B-29 of the 444th BG over Hump 21 November 1944

: B-29 42-24625 “Lady Mary Anna” of the 498th Bomb Group

: Crew loading M69 bombs on B-29s on Saipan 1945

: YB-29 41-38690 in flight

: YB-29 Superfortress 41-36957 3

: 2,000,000th ton of explosives loaded on B-29 Goin Jessie 2

: B-29 42-24595 “Pacific Union” of the 497th BG, 869th BS, 5 December 1944 Saipan

: B-29 Dream Girl

: Lone B-29 over base at Tinian Island

: B-29 42-6211 tail section, USA December 1943

: B-29 5 of the 499th BG

: Crew gasses up B-29 K-75 in China for bombing of Yawata June 1944

: B-29 42-63455 “Genie” of the 40th BG, 25th Bomb Squadron 1945

: B-29 42-24427 1944

: F-13 42-24621 Yokohama Yo-Yo of the 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

: YB-29 41-36960 in flight

: B-29 Saipan 1944

: Ground crew turning over B-29 propellers at Roswell AB 1945

: Burning B-29 Iwo Jima

: B-29 15 of the 19th Bomb Group

: B-29 take off

: Sergeant Krantz, a waist gunner hangs out of the window

: Pair of B-29 bombers in flight 42-24558 and 24554

: Decoy B-29 bomber painted on the Tien Ho Airfield in China

: Tail guns of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress

: Unveiling of B-29 44-70118 “The Ernie Pyle”

: B-29 55 of the 9th BG

: YB-29 escort conversion 1943

: Bombardier amid Instruments in nose of B-29

: Superfortress 42-24628 “Special Delivery” of the 497th BG, 870th BS, Saipan November 1944

: B-29 of the 500th Bomb Group

: “VICTORY GIRL” 42-24731 K-297 444th BG, 677th Bomb Squadron Burma

: Medals Awarded to B-29 “Tokyo Rose” of 3rd PRS Crew Saipan 1944

: B-29 42-24616 “Haley’s Comet” of the 870th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb Group

: B-29 42-24904 Ramp Tramp II of the 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group 1945

: B-29 44-61679 of the 6th BG 2

: B-29 42-63355 “Bella Bortion” of the 468th BG, 793rd BS

: B-29 42-24596 “Little Gem” of the 497th BG, 869th BS Saipan, 22 March 1945. Crew of Lt Seitz

: B-29 42-63455 “Genie” of the 40th BG, 25th Bomb Squadron Tinian 1945

: YB-29 Superfortress 41-36957

Boeing B-29 Superfortress photo gallery part 2.