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  2. Boeing B-50 Superfortress - Wikipedia

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    The sole XB-44 Superfortress was a B-29 Superfortress converted to test the possibility of using the R-4360 radial engine.. Development of an improved B-29 started in 1944, with the desire to replace the unreliable Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone engines with the more powerful four-row, 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engines, America's largest-ever displacement aircraft ...

  3. Lucky Lady II - Wikipedia

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    The Lucky Lady II was a B-50 of the 43rd Bombardment Group, equipped with 12 .50-caliber (12.7mm) machine guns. For its circumnavigation mission, a fuel tank was added in the bomb bay for extra range. The mission required a double crew with three pilots, under the command of Capt. James Gallagher. The crews rotated in shifts of four to six hours.

  4. List of United States bomber aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Boeing Model 306 heavy bomber: n/a: abandoned 1935 project: 0: Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber: 1937: retired prototype 1944: 1: Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress heavy bomber: 1943: Lost 1943 project cancelled: 1: Boeing XB-39 Superfortress heavy bomber: 1944: retired prototype: 1: Boeing XF8B fighter bomber: 1944: retired prototype: 3: Boeing XPBB Sea ...

  5. Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Wikipedia

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    The B-29D led progressively to the XB-44, and the family of B-50 Superfortress (which was powered by four 3,500 hp (2,600 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-4360-35 Wasp Major engines). Another role was as a mothership.

  6. Boeing B-54 - Wikipedia

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    B-50 Superfortress 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.

  7. 340th Weapons Squadron - Wikipedia

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    Began upgrading to the new Boeing B-50 Superfortress, an advanced version of the B-29 in 1949. The B-50 gave the unit the capability to carry heavy loads of conventional weapons faster and farther as well as being designed for atomic bomb missions if necessary. By 1951, the emergence of MiG-15 interceptor in the skies of

  8. List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962)

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    This list of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) includes prototype, pre-production and operational type designations under the 1919 and 1924 United States Army Air Service aircraft designation systems, which were used by the United States Air Force and its predecessors until the introduction of the unified United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system in 1962.

  9. Laggin' Dragon - Wikipedia

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    Laggin' Dragon was the last of the fifteen Silverplate B-29s delivered to the 509th Composite Group for use in the atomic bomb operation. Built at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft plant at Omaha, Nebraska, it was accepted by the USAAF on June 15, 1945, after most of the 509th CG had already left Wendover Army Air Field, Utah, for North Field, Tinian.