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The Boeing B-54 was an American strategic bomber designed by Boeing for use by the United States Air Force. Derived from the YB-50C Superfortress , construction of the prototype was canceled before completion, and the aircraft was never flown.
The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is an American strategic bomber. A post– World War II revision of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress , it was fitted with more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines , stronger structure, a taller tail fin, and other improvements.
Boeing P-26 Peashooter - Fighter; Boeing XB-15/XC-105 - Long-range bomber/transport; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - Heavy bomber; Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Heavy bomber; Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet - Primary trainer; Boulton Paul Defiant - Trainer/target tug; Brewster 339C/D Buffalo - ex-Dutch KNIL-ML fighter; Bristol Beaufighter - Fighter
B54 (New York City bus), a bus line in Brooklyn; Blackburn B-54, a British carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft; Boeing B-54, an American strategic bomber aircraft; Bundesstraße 54, a German road; HLA-B54, an HLA-B serotype; W54 nuclear warhead, which in one configuration was known as the B54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM)
The B-29 that became Dauntless Dotty is a block 40 airframe, manufactured by Boeing at the Wichita, Kansas plant which was built specifically for Superfortress production, and was the twenty-second of a hundred block 40-BWs constructed. It was assigned Army Air Forces serial number 42-24592, and Boeing-Wichita constructors number (c/n) 4253. [4]
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a United States heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, and by the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Of the 3,970 built, 26 survive in complete form today, 24 of which reside in the United States, and two of which are airworthy.
Martin-Omaha B-29-35-MO Superfortress 44-27297 "Bockscar". [1]This is a list of Boeing B-29 Superfortress units consisting of nations, their air forces, and the unit assignments that used the B-29 during World War II, Korean War, and post war periods, including variants and other historical information
By 1943 the new Boeing B-29 Superfortress was flying with R-3350s. The engines remained temperamental, and the rear cylinders tended to overheat, partially due to inadequate clearance between the cylinder baffles and the cowl. A number of changes were introduced to improve cooling, and the aircraft was rushed into service in the Pacific in 1944 ...