The B 29 Superfortress Chronology 1934 1960

The B 29 Superfortress Chronology  1934  1960
Author: Robert A. Mann
Publsiher: McFarland
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2010-01-19
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780786454136

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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress lived an operational life of only 26 years, but what a life it was. The introduction to this book provides basic information on the physical plane: dimensions, specs, leading particulars and operational usages. Then an exhaustive day-by-day chronology of the B-29 is presented—from the earliest designs in 1934 through thousands of missions and aircraft events in World War II and Korea to the 1960 retirement of the last operational B-29. The book also includes an extensive glossary and three appendices, which provide a discussion of the general anatomy of a mission, a sample of operational voice or radio codes used in 1945, and a guide to (very unofficial) aircraft names.

B 29 Bomber Pilot s Flight Operating Manual

B 29 Bomber Pilot s Flight Operating Manual
Author: Film Com Periscope Film Com
Publsiher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2006-03-30
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781411687790

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The Boeing B-29 was one of the most sophisticated aircraft of WWII. It featured many innovations including guns that could be fired by remote control and pressurized crew compartments. It was also the heaviest production plane of the war with terrific range and bomb carrying capabilities. Carrying a crew of ten, the Superfortress devastated Japan in a series of gigantic raids in 1944-45. In the end it would be the B-29s "Enola Gay" and "Bock's Car" that dropped the atomic bombs and effectively ended the conflict. Originally printed by the United States Army Air Force in January of 1944, the B-29 Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual taught pilots everything they needed to know about the "Superfort" Originally classified "Restricted," the manual was declassified long ago and is here reprinted in book form. This affordable facsimile has been reformatted, and color images appear as black and white. Care has been taken however to preserve the integrity of the text.

Boeing B 29 Superfortress

Boeing B 29 Superfortress
Author: William Wolf
Publsiher: Schiffer Military History
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: STANFORD:36105123222296

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Although many books have been published about the B-29, none has been an in-depth look, with most being either superficial pictorials or focusing on the bombing campaigns, particularly the incendiary attacks and atomic bombings. This book, using rare, previously unexplored sources, intends to provide the definitive look at the bomber and crew, detailing every facet for the air enthusiast, historian and modeler. The author was granted rare access to the Pima Air & Space Museum's restored B-29 "Sentimental Journey" for inspection and photography, resulting in the most extensive photographic documentation of the B-29 ever published. The Pima Museum's archives, filled with B-29 technical and crew manuals also gave the author extensive information that had not been previously published. These sources, the author's extensive personal library, and microfilm resources enabled the author to produce this comprehensive look at the bomber and its crew in the context of the bomber's development and operational use. It is truly monumental in scope, both in words and photos.

The B 29 Superfortress

The B 29 Superfortress
Author: Robert A. Mann
Publsiher: McFarland
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-07-11
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0786482761

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The B-29 Superfortress was for many years a cornerstone of American military aviation. Best known as a bomber, it also served in reconnaissance, as a tanker, and as a rescue plane. It was a crucial tool for American and Allied forces during World War II, Korea and beyond. This operational history of the B-29 gives in-depth information on the career of each plane. A list of the names and serial numbers of the planes, each plane’s history from delivery date to removal from service, a description of the B-29’s physical characteristics and performance parameters, and a description of the five B-29 variants are provided. Sections of the book give complete mission data for the B-29’s World War II service in the China-Burma-India theater of operations, operations over Japan, aerial mining missions and test atomic bombing runs.

B 29 Airplane Commander Training Manual

B 29 Airplane Commander Training Manual
Author: United States Air Force
Publsiher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2008-09
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9781935327257

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The Boeing B-29 was one of the most sophisticated aircraft of WWII. It featured many innovations including guns that could be fired by remote control and pressurized crew compartments. It was also the heaviest production plane of the war, with terrific range and bomb-carrying capabilities. Carrying a crew of ten, the Superfortress devastated Japan in a series of raids in 1944-45. Finally, in August of 1945, the B-29s "Enola Gay" and "Bock's Car" dropped the atomic bombs and forced Japan to surrender. Originally printed by the U.S. Army Air Force, this B-29 Airplane Commander Pilot's Training Manual taught pilots everything they needed to know about the Superfortress. Classified ¿Restricted¿, the text was declassified long ago and is here reprinted in book form. This impressive 8.5x11 facsimile presents the manual in its entirety. It features over 200 black and white pages of pilot and crew information, and puts you right in the cockpit of one of history's great planes!

Superfortress

Superfortress
Author: Curtis E. LeMay,Bill Yenne
Publsiher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN: UOM:39015013331197

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B 29 Superfortress Units of the Korean War

B 29 Superfortress Units of the Korean War
Author: Robert F Dorr
Publsiher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2012-12-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781782008361

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This book is the story of a majestic bomber of the propeller era flying perilous combat missions against a sleek, nimble warplane of the jet age, the Soviet MiG-15. A very heavy bomber and a sky giant during World War 2, at that time the B-29 was the most advanced combat aircraft in the world. By the time North Korea attacked its southern neighbour in 1950, the B-29 had been reclassified a medium bomber. Many of its crew members had fought their war and settled down to raise families and begin careers only to be recalled to fight another war on a distant Asian peninsula.

Building the B 29

Building the B 29
Author: Jacob A. Vander Meulen
Publsiher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: UOM:39015034901341

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Jacob Vander Meulen describes the efforts of Henry "Hap" Arnold and others to launch the project via a process now called "concurrency," in which production is set up while the product is still on the drawing boards.