Boeing B-29 Superfortress (WW 2): books - history (1/2)

B-29 Superfortress (Vol. 1) - Boeing's XB-29 through B-29B in World War II (Legends of Warfare)

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was the largest and most advanced U.S. combat aircraft of World War II and the war's most expensive weapons system, costing more than the development of the atomic bomb. In August 1945, two B-29s delivered the bombs that struck Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This first volume of a two-part series traces the design, development, and World War II service of the B-29 through a collection of carefully researched photographs from around the world. High-quality images, accompanied by detailed captions, provide insight into this historic aircraft.

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B-29 / B-50 Superfortress (Vol. 2) - Post-World War II and Korea (Legends of Warfare)

The B-29 Superfortress, the largest and most advanced U.S. combat aircraft of World War II, was also the war's most expensive weapon system, costing more than the atomic bomb's development. It remained in service after the war and saw combat again in Korea.
This second volume explores the B-29's evolution into the B-50 and its role as an early nuclear deterrent. It also covers various adaptations, including mother ships for X-planes, weather reconnaissance, and aerial refueling aircraft. The book presents the design, development, and operational history of these later variants through a collection of photographs from around the world.

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B-29 Superfortress Bomber (Pilot's Flight Operation Instructions)

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 USAAF in January of 1944, this manual was originally classified "Restricted". This affordable facsimile has been reformatted, and color images appear as black and white.

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The B-29 Superfortress Chronology 1934-1960

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.

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The famed B-29 Superfortress is presented in this all new collection of World War II and Korean War era photographs. Many of the 850+ photographs appear here for the first time and are identified as to unit and location.

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