Boeing B-29 Superfortress Long-Range Aircraft Family
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine, long-range aircraft family whose prototype first flew in 1942. Its pressurized crew compartments, remote systems, high-altitude performance, and large-scale manufacturing program made it one of the most technically ambitious aircraft of the Second World War. Later adaptations supported reconnaissance, weather observation, air-sea rescue, training, aerial refueling, and experimental research.
Follow this vehicle family
Alerts for directly linked future launches and major activity.
Identity
- Aliases
- Boeing Model 345XB-29YB-29B-29B-29AB-29BB-29CSuperfortressBoeing F-13 SuperfortressRB-29WB-29SB-29KB-29TB-29EB-29
- Family Name
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Full Name
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress Long-Range Aircraft Family
- Roles
- militaryreconnaissanceweathersearch_and_rescuetrainerresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine, long-range aircraft family whose prototype first flew in 1942. Its pressurized crew compartments, remote systems, high-altitude performance, and large-scale manufacturing program made it one of the most technically ambitious aircraft of the Second World War. Later adaptations supported reconnaissance, weather observation, air-sea rescue, training, aerial refueling, and experimental research.
- First Flight Year
- 1,942
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- B-29 R-3350-23 installation
- Notes
- Applies to the B-29/A/B branch documented by Smithsonian and USAF sources; Bockscar's R-3350-41 and other later or license-built variants remain unmodeled.
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 03:49:21 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:18:32 UTC