Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants
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"WB-29" redirects here. For the television station in Kansas City, Missouri, see KCWE.
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a WWII era long range, strategic heavy bomber that was produced in many experimental and production models.
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B-29 Superfortress | |
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Boeing B-29 assigned to B-29 Transition Training School, Maxwell Field, Alabama | |
Role | Strategic bomber |
Manufacturer | Boeing |
First flight | 21 September 1942[1] |
Introduction | 8 May 1944 |
Retired | 21 June 1960 |
Status | Retired (see Surviving aircraft) |
Primary users | United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force Royal Air Force |
Produced | 1943–1946[2] |
Number built | 3,960 |
Variants | All models Boeing KB-29 Superfortress XB-39 Superfortress Boeing XB-44 Superfortress Boeing B-50 Superfortress |
Developed into | Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Tupolev Tu-4 |
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