1945 Japan–Washington flight
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The 1945 Japan–Washington flight was a record-breaking air voyage made by three modified Boeing B-29 Superfortresses on September 18–19, 1945, from the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō nonstop to
William "Butch" Blanchard pictured in China one year before the record-breaking flight.
B-29 Number 2 at Sapporo Air Base. Gun turrets are absent, replaced by smooth fairings.
Dumbo rescue aircraft stood by on alert.
Greeted upon arrival in Washington: Curtis LeMay (far left), Emmett O'Donnell and Barney Giles (far right) pose with "Hap" Arnold (in tie).
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a retired American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the USAAF and USAF during World War II and the Korean War. Nam
1945 Japan–Washington flight
…The 1945 Japan–Washington flight was a record-breaking air voyage made by three modified Boeing B-29 Superfortresses on September 18–19, 1945, from the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō nonstop to Chicago in the Midwestern United States, and then onward to Washington…
Boeing B-29-70-BW Superfortress 469972 Doc – one of only two surviving airworthy models
YB-29 Superfortresses in flight
The length of the 141-foot (43 m) wing span of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress based at Davis-Monthan Field is vividly illustrated here with the cloud-topped Santa Catalina Mountains as a contrasting background.
Boeing assembly line at Wichita, Kansas (1944)