B-29
Heavy wartime aircraft
The B-29 Superfortress was an American heavy bomber used in World War II, most notably to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
It was the largest and most advanced bomber of its era, featuring pressurized cabins and remote-controlled gun turrets.
The designation follows military naming conventions: B for bomber, 29 for the model number.
Explosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
- BoeingAmerican aircraft manufacturer
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
- heavyOf great mass
- pressurizedHeld at elevated atmospheric force
WWII · propeller · crew · fuselage · turret · altitude · long-range · payload
First nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- SweeneyFictional murderous barber
- missionPurpose-driven task
payload · devastation · surrender · Japan · historic · classified · secret
Western Pacific island chain
- SaipanNorthern Mariana Islands capital
- GuamU.S. island in Micronesia
- firebombingAssault using flame weapons
- TokyoJapan's capital city
incendiary · island-hopping · Japan · raids · sortie · campaign · targets · mainland
Raising internal atmospheric force
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- superchargerEngine air compressor
- analogComparable equivalent
- innovationCreating something original
engineering · aerodynamics · systems · instruments · autopilot · bombsight · advancement · prototype
East Asian divided peninsula
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- mothershipPrimary vessel carrying others
- SovietOf the USSR
reverse-engineering · service · retired · museum · restoration · airshow · preserved · display
bomber
Explosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
pressurized · WWII · propeller · crew · fuselage · turret · altitude · long-range · payload · cockpit
Hiroshima
First nuclear-struck city
mission · payload · devastation · surrender · Japan · historic · classified · secret
Marianas
Western Pacific island chain
- SaipanNorthern Mariana Islands capital
- GuamU.S. island in Micronesia
- firebombingAssault using flame weapons
Tokyo · incendiary · island-hopping · Japan · raids · sortie · campaign · targets · mainland · bases
pressurization
Raising internal atmospheric force
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- superchargerEngine air compressor
- analogComparable equivalent
innovation · engineering · aerodynamics · systems · instruments · autopilot · bombsight · advancement · prototype · testing
Korea
East Asian divided peninsula
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- mothershipPrimary vessel carrying others
Soviet · reverse-engineering · service · retired · museum · restoration · airshow · preserved · display · heritage
- military aircraftfighter jets, F-16, fighter, F-18, bomber
- Air Forceflying officer, squadron leader, wing commander, group captain, air marshal
- air warfareair strike, airstrike, bombing runs, air raid, dive bombing
- Atomic Bombingatomic bomb, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, atomic bombing, Little Boy
- Boeing720, 737, 747, 767, 777
- BombersLancaster, Flying Fortress, Halifax, Wellington, Stirling
B-29P-51 Mustang
American WWII fighter aircraft
Spitfire · interceptor · fighter · escort fighter · fighter aircraft
B-29air raid shelter
Protected space during attacks
anti-aircraft gun · civil defense · radar station · bomb shelter