Explore the harrowing story of Frederick Allen Stearns, a 19-year-old B-29 tail gunner who flew in the final bombing raids over Japan in the summer of 1945. As part of the 314th Bombardment Wing, ...

The famous WWII-era B-29 Superfortress bomber is the only aircraft to ever drop nuclear weapons in combat, as it was the aircraft which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The aircraft was ...

Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...

Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82', was ...

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress could rightfully be described as the aircraft that ended the Second World War. It remains the only bomber to drop atomic bombs in wartime. The B-29 was designed in 1940 ...