B-29 Superfortress

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World War II aircraft heavy bomber military aircraft strategic bomber

The B-29 Superfortress was a long-range, four-engine heavy bomber developed by the United States during World War II, notable for its advanced technology and its role in strategic bombing campaigns over Japan.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
B-29 Superfortress canonical 35
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 17
Silverplate B-29 3

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
heavy bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
strategic bomber ⓘ
armament .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns ⓘ
20 mm cannon ⓘ
bombed Hiroshima ⓘ
Nagasaki ⓘ
bombLoad 20000 lb ⓘ
carried Fat Man ⓘ
surface form: Fat Man atomic bomb

Little Boy ⓘ
surface form: Little Boy atomic bomb
convertedTo KB-29 tanker ⓘ
RB-29 reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 10 ⓘ
11 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 220 mph ⓘ
designer Boeing ⓘ
developedFor United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
developmentProgramName Model 345 ⓘ
engineType Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radial engine ⓘ
firstFlight 1942-09-21 ⓘ
height 27 ft 9 in ⓘ
inspiredDesign Tupolev Tu-4 bomber ⓘ
surface form: Tupolev Tu-4
introduced 1944 ⓘ
length 99 ft 0 in ⓘ
manufacturer Boeing ⓘ
maximumSpeed 357 mph ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 133500 lb ⓘ
museumAircraftLocation National Museum of the United States Air Force ⓘ
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
notableAircraft Bockscar ⓘ
Enola Gay ⓘ
notableFeature central fire-control system ⓘ
long-range capability ⓘ
pressurized crew compartments ⓘ
remote-controlled gun turrets ⓘ
notableOperation strategic bombing campaign against Japan ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
productionNumber approximately 3970 units ⓘ
range 3250 mi ⓘ
retired 1960 ⓘ
role long-range bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling 31000 ft ⓘ
successor B-50 Superfortress ⓘ
usedFor firebombing raids ⓘ
nuclear bombing missions ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wingspan 141 ft 3 in ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

atomic bombing of Nagasaki → usedAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces → mainBomberAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum → hasAircraftOnDisplay → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Allied strategic bombing of Japan → usesAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Enola Gay → aircraftType → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-29-45-MO Superfortress
Operation Meetinghouse → aircraftUsed → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. → aircraftFlown → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki → aircraftUsed → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Bockscar → aircraftType → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Bockscar → aircraftConfiguration → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silverplate B-29 modification
Bockscar → aircraftSeries → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-29
Consolidated B-24 Liberator → successor → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Twentieth Air Force → aircraftUsed → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Eighth Air Force → aircraftOperated → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Project Alberta → usedAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Able → bombingPlatform → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-29 Superfortress bomber
Kawasaki Ki-45 → usedAgainst → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: USAAF B-29 bombers
Kawasaki Ki-100 → opponentAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Nakajima Ki-44 → usedAgainst → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: USAAF B-29 bombers
Nakajima Ki-84 → opposedAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Tupolev Tu-4 bomber → developedFrom → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-4
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Allied strategic bombers → notableAircraftType → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Haywood S. Hansell → aircraftCommanded → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
509th Composite Group → aircraftUsed → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
509th Composite Group → aircraftVariant → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silverplate B-29
Glenn L. Martin Company plant, Omaha, Nebraska → producedAircraftType → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Glenn L. Martin Company plant, Omaha, Nebraska → aircraftModelProduced → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Glenn L. Martin Company plant, Omaha, Nebraska → aircraftProducedFor → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army Air Forces B-29 program
44-86292 → aircraftModel → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
44-86292 → aircraftConfiguration → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silverplate B-29 modification
Circle R → usedOn → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-29 Superfortress bombers
Circle R → relatedTo → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Victor 82 → usedOnAircraftType → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
navigator: Theodore Van Kirk → aircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
subject surface form: Theodore Van Kirk
Invasion of Tinian → usedFor → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-29 Superfortress operations
Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radial engine → notableApplication → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
subject surface form: Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney → aircraftCommanded → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles W. Sweeney
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress "The Great Artiste"
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum → hasNotableAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress (visiting or associated aircraft)
Bell X-1B → carrierAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
Captain Frederick C. Bock → aircraftFlown → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick C. Bock
B-50 Superfortress → developedFrom → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
B-50 Superfortress → improvementOver → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
West Field → primaryAircraftType → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
North Field → basedAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
20th Air Force → usedAircraft → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
20th Air Force → notableAircraftModel → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-29A Superfortress
Operation Matterhorn → uses → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
XXI Bomber Command → aircraftUsed → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
XXI Bomber Command → equipment → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
4th Special Operations Squadron → aircraftOperated → B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress