In August of 1945, B-29s dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending WWII in the Pacific theatre.
Koko Kondo was just 8 months old when an American B-29 aircraft named the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on her hometown of ...
Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...
On August 6, 1945, a seismic event occurred that would forever change the course of history and warfare. At the controls of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, was Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.
When it comes to the military aircraft that have shaped world history, there may be no single airplane model with a greater impact than the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The B-29 didn't just push the ...