Title: Boeing B-29 superfortress
First published: 1997
Description: Mr. Campbell documents the history of the B-29 Superfortress from its inception in 1940 through its retirement after seeing action in Korea. In WWII, the B-29 was a high tech bomber in a low tech world.  It was  pressurized, could fly above 30,000 feet, make 3,000 mile round trips and had a gun computer on board that synchronized the guns and allowed transfer of control between gunners.

The most famous B-29  is the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb over Japan in August, 1945.
Subjects: B-29 bomber, world War, 1939-1945
Places: US, India, China, Japan, Marianas Islands.
Time periods: 1940-1953
LC classification: UG1242.B6 C3624 1997