B-29 Superfortress Photographs | World War II Database

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B-29 Superfortress “Gravel Gertie” with the 882nd Bomb Squadron squats on the runway after suffering a main landing gear collapse, Isley Field, Saipan, Aug 6 1945	Col. Paul Tibbets Jr. waved from the cockpit of Enola Gay, 6 Aug 1945	Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 8	Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 8

Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 3 of 8	Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 4 of 8	Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 5 of 8	Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 6 of 8

Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 7 of 8	Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 8 of 8	Thomas Ferebee, bombadier of B-29 Bomber Enola Gay, with Norden bombsight, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945	119 B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 73rd Bomb Wing lined up on Baker runway, Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Sep 1945 with 35 more B-29s seen in the periphery.

B-29 bombers flew in formation over battleship Missouri, during the Japanese surrender ceremonies, 2 Sep 1945	Crew of B-29 Superfortress 'Bockscar' for the Nagasaki, Japan bombing mission, 1945. Front: Dehart, Kuharek, Buckley, Gallagher, Spizer. Back: Olivi, Beahan, Sweeney, Van Pelt, Albury. Late 1945	B-29 Superfortress bomber 'USS Pintado', named after the submarine which had rescued some of the crew off Japan in Jun 1945, date unknown	B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight, 1945-1946

B-29 Superfortress bomber on display at the Washington National Airport, Washington DC, United States, date unknown	Nose art of B-29 Superfortress bomber 'Bockscar', circa 1945-1946	A B-29A Superfortress at rest at Naval Air Station St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1949.	B-29 bomber at rest at Davis-Monthan Field; note Santa Catalina Mountains in background