Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants

B-29 Superfortress
Boeing B-29 assigned to B-29 Transition Training School, Maxwell Field, Alabama
General information
TypeStrategic bomber
ManufacturerBoeing
StatusRetired (see Surviving aircraft)
Primary usersUnited States Army Air Forces
Number built3,960
History
Manufactured1943–1946[1]
Introduction date8 May 1944
First flight21 September 1942[2]
Retired21 June 1960
VariantsAll models
Boeing KB-29 Superfortress
XB-39 Superfortress
Boeing XB-44 Superfortress
Boeing B-50 Superfortress
Developed intoBoeing 377 Stratocruiser
Tupolev Tu-4

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a WWII-era long range, strategic heavy bomber that was produced in many experimental and production models.

  1. ^ "Boeing B-29." Boeing. Retrieved: 5 August 2010.
  2. ^ LeMay and Yenne 1988, p. 60.