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020 $a9781848847538 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aUG1242.B6$bS563 2012
082 00 $a940.54/4973$223
100 1 $aSimons, Graham M.
245 14 $aThe Boeing B-29 Superfortress :$bthe giant bomber of World War Two and Korea /$cby Graham M. Simons.
246 18 $aB-29 Superfortress, giant bomber of World War Two and Korea
264 1 $aBarnsley, South Yorkshire :$bPen & Sword Aviation,$c[2012]
300 $a256 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published: Arms and Armour Press, 1990.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 250) and index.
505 0 $aOrigins -- Birth pains -- Early aircraft -- China -- Into the Pacific! -- Operation Centreboard -- Peace- and a 'police action' -- Washingtons and tankers -- The B-50 -- The Tu-4 'Bull' -- Specials -- Operating the B-29.
520 $aThe Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engined heavy bomber flown primarily by the United States in World War Two and the Korean War. The B-29 remained in service in various roles throughout the 1950s. The British Royal Air Force flew the B-29 and used the name Washington for the type, and the Soviet Union produced an unlicensed copy as the Tupolev Tu-4. The name "Superfortress" was derived from that of its well-known predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress. The B-29 was the progenitor of a series of Boeing-built bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, trainers and tankers including the variant, B-50 Superfortress. The B-29 was one of the largest aircraft to see service during World War Two. A very advanced bomber for its time, it included features such as pressurized cabins, an electronic fire-control system and remote-controlled machine-gun turrets. Though it was designed as a high-altitude daytime bomber, in practice it actually flew more low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing missions. It was the primary aircraft in the American firebombing campaign against Japan in the final months of World War Two, and carried the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Unlike many other World War Two-era bombers, the B-29 remained in service long after the war ended, with a few even being employed as flying television transmitters. The type was finally retired in the early 1960s, with 3,960 aircraft in all built.
650 0 $aB-29 (Bomber)$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations.
650 0 $aKorean War, 1950-1953$xAerial operations.