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  2. 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash - Wikipedia

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    The B-29 was a useful test platform as it was the first mass-produced aircraft with a pressurized cockpit, and after World War II there were many surplus B-29s available. [ 1 ] On 21 July 1948, after completing a run to 30,000 feet (9,100 m), east of Lake Mead, Captain Robert M. Madison and the crew began a descent and leveled out just over 300 ...

  3. Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Wikipedia

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    Boeing assembly line at Wichita, Kansas (1944). The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

  4. Bleaklow Bomber - Wikipedia

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    It is about a 2-mile (3.2 km) walk to the crash site from the lay-by at the summit of Snake Pass, starting along the Pennine Way footpath through Devil's Dyke. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2020, local Mountain Rescue teams issued warnings that inexperienced hikers should exercise caution before attempting a ...

  5. Historic B-29 planes to make rare joint appearance at EAA ...

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    The world’s only two flying B-29s will make a rare joint appearance for EAA AirVenture’s D-Day commemoration. Historic B-29 planes to make rare joint appearance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year

  6. 1950 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash - Wikipedia

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    In July 1950, soon after the outbreak of the Korean War, the Joint Chiefs of Staff resolved to send ten Silverplate (nuclear-capable) Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers to Guam as a deterrent to a People's Republic of China (PRC) attack on Taiwan, (Republic of China), and for possible future use in Korea, [4] each loaded with a Mark 4 nuclear bomb without the fissile pit.

  7. Aviation accidents in Japan involving U.S. military and ...

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    A Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The 1951 Sunagawa United Air Force B-29 Superfortress crash occurred on November 18, 1951, when a B-29 bomber from Yokota Air Base crashed during takeoff in Sunagawa, Hokkaido, Tokyo. The aircraft, carrying bombs, exploded upon impact, causing a fire that destroyed over 100 buildings and killed 15 people, including ...

  8. File:Crashed B-29 Bomber on Bomber Glacier. Talkeetna ...

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    List of surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

  9. 1948 Georgia USAF Boeing B-29 crash - Wikipedia

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    The 1948 Waycross B-29 crash occurred on 6 October 1948 [1] when an engine fire contributed to the crash of a Boeing B-29-100-BW Superfortress bomber in Waycross, Georgia. The plane was from the 3150th Electronics Squadron, [3] United States Air Force and had tail number 45-21866.