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322 photos and 3 illustrations tagged superfortress, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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• b29
• boeing
• boeingb29
• b29superfortress
• boeingb29superfortress
• aircraft
• bomber
• boeingsuperfortress
• aviation
• airplane
• militaryaviation
• wrightr3350
• r3350
• wrightaeronautical
• wrightr3350duplexcyclone
• wrightduplexcyclone
• r3350duplexcyclone
• duplexcyclone
• wright
• usaaf
• noseart
• wwii
• worldwarii
• ww2

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• SDASM Archives 322 photos & illustrations
• NASA on The Commons 2 photos & illustrations
• Florida Memory 1 photo / illustration

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09_03911 Duich Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  See comments and photo here of the "Kagu Tsuchi" nose art: www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/8068649492/

35mm slide image

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  Martin-Omaha manufactured "Silverplate" B-29 (B-29-35-MO, later modified to B-29-36-MO), USAAF Ser. 44-27296, named "Some Punkins" (ex- "Some Pumpkins"), built as part of the atomic bomb effort. Note the "Fat Man" mission markings, representing the number of times this aircraft bombed Japan with high-explosive bombs shaped like the plutonium-implosion device dropped by "Bockscar" (USAAF Ser. No. 44-27297) over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. These high-explosive versions of the "Fat Man" nuclear device were known as "Pumpkin Bombs," hence this aircraft's name. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Punkins en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverplate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_bomb

35mm slide image

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  The last of the fifteen "Silverplate" B-29s, USAAF 44-86347, B-29-50-MO, "Laggin' Dragon." See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laggin%27_Dragon