The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a heavy bomber built during World War II and of which almost 4,000 units were manufactured.<\/p>\n
The B-29 was widely used during the military bombing of Japan in the Pacific theater during that war. Without a doubt, the most famous of all the B-29s were 44-86292 \"Enola Gay\" and 44-27297 \"Bockscar\"<\/strong>, which were the ones that dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. Both aircraft are still preserved. The \"Enola Gay\" is at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia (USA), while the \"Bockscar\" is at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio.<\/strong><\/p>\n Precisely, the USAF National Museum today published a video showing the interior of the \"Bockscar\"<\/strong>, an aircraft that was delivered to the USAAF on March 19, 1945, being assigned to the 393rd Bomb Squadron, a unit that still exists (currently uses the B-2 Spirit). The flight that made him famous took place on August 9, 1945, carrying the \"Fat Man\" atomic bomb.<\/strong> The plane was piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney. After the war, in 1946, the aircraft was sent to<\/strong> the Davis-Monthan AFB aviation graveyard<\/a>, where it remained until 1961, when it made its last flight from there to the USAF National Museum, where it has been on display ever since.<\/p>\n
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