B-29 Superfortress

The B-29 SuperfortressGeneric Boomer: "I can't believe we may see the superfortress built in my lifetime."(Generic Boomer dialogue) is a four-engine, propeller-driven, heavy bomber that was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. 
==Background==
The B-29 Superfortress was retired from service during the 20th century, and surviving models became displays in air force museums, such as the one at Nellis Air Force Base. After the arrival of the Boomers at Nellis, the tribe found the museum B-29 and tried to restore it to working order, but soon realised that the plane was no longer able to be flown.
A possible solution was found when one of the Boomers' mechanics, Loyal, read an old magazine article about a B-29 that had crashed in Lake Mead before the Great War. The crash occurred on July 21, 1948, and now centuries later, the crashed plane had taken on a mythical status among the Boomers.The Courier: "Lady in the water? What's that?"Loyal: "A long time ago - long before the war that killed just about everything that ever lived - a bomber crashed not far from here. A bomber was a flying contraption that could drop explosives down on anything it flew over. But anyway, moving on... This bomber crashed down in Lake Mead, pretty damn near intact. When we got to Nellis, see, I found this article in a magazine all about it. There was another B-29 around here, part of a museum. Couldn't fly, but had a lot of spare parts, see? Get where I'm going? Since I was a young man, I've dreamed of raising that Lady from the lake and bringing her back to life. What do you say?"(Loyal's dialogue) Known variously as the "Lady of the Water," "Lady in the Lake," or more simply the "Lady,"The Courier: "If it's so simple, why haven't you done it?"Loyal: "Maybe you don't understand. Hasn't been one of us, not a one, to set a foot outside Nellis in over fifty years. You come along, with your knowledge of the outside, and it seems the time's come to raise the Lady after all."(Loyal's dialogue) retrieving the crashed aircraft from Lake Mead and using parts from the museum B-29 already at Nellis to create a flyable superfortress has been a longstanding dream for the Boomers.
With the arrival of the Courier at Nellis, the first outsider to reach the base in decades, the Boomers decided they presented the best opportunity to retrieve the Lady. After proving themself to the Boomers, the Courier may have been entrusted to float the Lady so that the Boomers could finally achieve their dream of flight.Events of Volare! In return, the Boomers gave the Courier their support at the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, using the restored B-29, now renamed to the Pearl,:File:nv_b29pearl.png, restored B-29 nose art texture. to carpet bomb part of the road across the dam.
The remains of other crashed B-29s or similar aircraft are found throughout the wastes surrounding the Boneyard, and are still there in 2296.
==Characteristics==
The Boeing B-29 was an aircraft that was primarily designed to carry and drop extensive amounts of bombs and later converted to drop the first and only atomic bombs during an armed conflict. In addition to the offensive bombs, it contained twelve .50 caliber M2 defensive guns: Two turrets on top with four machine guns, two turrets on the bottom with two four machine guns each, plus two more machine guns in the tail gun position. Earlier configurations included an additional 20mm cannon in the tail gun.
==Appearances==
The B-29 Superfortress appears only in Fallout: New Vegas and the Fallout TV series episodes "The Target" and "The Head". It is also depicted in a mural in the Museum of Freedom in Fallout 4. 
==Behind the scenes==
* The crashed B-29 in Fallout: New Vegas references a real world Boeing B-29 that crashed into Lake Mead on July 21, 1948 - the same date in-game and in real life. The aircraft and site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in April 2011.
* The aircraft's defensive armament in Fallout: New Vegas is excessive to any real-world B-29. Instead of one quad .50 cal turret and three double .50 cal turrets, all four turrets on the in-game models are equipped with four M2 BMGs, upping the armament from 10 to 18 guns total.
* On August 6, 1945, a B-29 known as the Enola Gay was the first aircraft to ever drop a nuclear weapon. The B-29 continued service well into the Cold War, but was phased out by 1960 for newer bombers. 
* The "Circle A" tail code on the B-29 in Fallout: New Vegas corresponds to the 106th Bombardment Wing, based at March Air Force Base from 1951 to 1952.106th Rescue Wing on Wikipedia
* The ruins of the B-29 Superfortress depicted in the Fallout TV show could be reminiscent of two specific aircraft, known as Doc and Fifi. Both Doc and Fifi were actual B-29 Superfortress planes that continued flying well into the 2000s, preserved as historical artifacts and occasionally taking to the skies for commemorative events.
==Gallery==
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Crashed B29.jpg|The crashed B-29 in Lake Mead
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B29 Circle A tail.png|Circle A on the tail, referring to the 106th Bombardment Wing
B29 fly-over 2nd Battle Hoover Dam.jpg|Restored B-29 dropping its bombs...
B29 fly-over 2nd Battle Hoover Dam 2.jpg|...on the Legion at the Second Battle of Hoover Dam
nv_b29pearl.png|The pinup featured on the restored bomber, depicting the Boomers' leader, Pearl, as a young woman
Volare.png|Cockpit of the B-29 in the achievement image for Volare!
Boomer Museum Mural.jpg|B-29 depicted on the Nellis Boomer museum
Museum of Freedom Mural.jpg|B-29's in the Museum of Freedom mural from Fallout 4
FOTV B-29 Superfortress Ruins.png|A crashed B-29 in the TV series
==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas vehicles
Category:Fallout TV series vehicles
Category:Fallout 4 mentioned-only vehicles
Category:United States Armed Forces vehicles
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