B-29 Superfortress Documentary | Bombers of WWII

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was designed in 1940 as an eventual replacement for the Boeing B-17 and Consolidated B-24. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-29 was the most capable bomber of World War 2. It could carry more payload and fly faster and at higher altitudes than the contemporary B-17, B-24, and British Avro Lancaster.

The B-29 featured the first ever fully pressurized nose and cockpit in a bomber; an aft area for the crew was also pressurized. Since the bomb bays were not pressurized, a pressurized tunnel was devised to connect the fore and aft crew areas. A retractable tail bumper was provided for tail protection during nose-high takeoffs and landings. In wartime, the B-29 was capable of flight up to 31,850 feet at speeds of 350 miles per hour.

At 8:15 a.m. on 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb to be used in war was dropped by the United States Army Air Forces from the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber. The force of the atomic bomb effectively obliterated the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

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