B-29A

	Boeing B-29A Superfortress
	Designed to replace the older B-17, the B-29 incorporated such new features as pressurized crew compartments and remotely sighted gun turrets. The B-29 was the largest operational bomber of WWII. Used only against the Japanese, it relied on its speed and heavy defensive armament to render it less vulnerable to enemy fighters. The most famous mission was in 1945 when Col. Paul Tibbets' B-29 dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The B-29 was used extensively in the Korean War (1950-1953). However, the aircraft was not capable of defending itself against the jet fighters of the period and it was phased out.
	44-61669 is on loan from the U.S. Air Force Museum.