Military Aircraft

B-29 Superfortress

Boeing WW2 Strategic Bomber · First Pressurized Bomber

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was the most technologically advanced bomber of World War II. It was the first bomber with a pressurized cabin, central fire-control system, and remote-controlled gun turrets. The B-29 is best known for dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Nearly 4,000 were built.