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    B-29 Superfortress - Historical materials on the aircraft, it's missions and crews. Includes section on the 509th Composite Group which has nose art pictures and crew details of 15 aircraft assigned to the Group which was to deliver the atomic bombs to Japan.

    B-29 Restoration - Photos, news, and aircraft history.

    Joe Baugher's Encyclopedia of American Military Aircraft - Index of chapters for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

    Federation of American Scientists - Brief history, specifications, and photos.

    National Air and Space Museum - Photos and history of the Superfortress and the "Enola Gay."

    March Air Field Museum - Photos, specifications, and history.

    General Paul Tibbets - The official site of General Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 "Enola Gay" that dropped the Hiroshima bomb.

    Dave Norton - Creative writing titled "Requiem for an Aircraft, Farewell to a Pilot", about flying in a Superfortress.

    Warbird Alley - Photo, history, and statistics.

    Heavy Bombers - Photos of static displays, noses, tails, gun turrets, side blisters, interiors, and tail markings.

    Desert USA - Article titled "B-29 Superfortress Saved From a Desert Death". An army of museum volunteers rescues a World War II B-29 Superfortress from the desert for restoration.

    Birds From Hell: History of the B-29 - Summary of this book, from the publisher.

    P. Lewis - Photos and extended history of the B-29.

    The Last Flight of the B-29 Kee Bird - On February 21, 1947 a U.S. Army Air Corps arctic-modified B-29 (known as an F-13) named the "Kee Bird" became lost, ran out of fuel and was forced to crash land. The story is told by the crew members.

    444th Bombardment Group Association - Association & website dedicated to the WWII B-29 Superfortress unit the, 444th BG: 58th Bomb Wing, 20th Army Air Force, CBI / W. Field Tinian - One of the two original B-29 combat groups.

    39th Bomb Group (VH) (Guam 1945) - Official Web Site - includes unit and crew histories, individual veteran profiles, mission summaries and more.



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