American War Eagles: Boeing B-29 Superfortress

A three part series which looks in depth at three of the most prolific bombers of World War II through dramatic newsreel footage.The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was the most advanced bomber aircraft to see operation service during World War II. It was the first bomber with pressurised crew compartments. It differed from its predecessors by the use of remotely controlled machine gun turrets. During the war it was sent to the Pacific area, where its great range made it particularly suited to the long attack flights to Japan from bases in China. The B-29s ﾓEnola Gayﾔ and ﾓBock's Carﾔ became the only two aircraft to drop atomic weapons during wartime ﾖ in August 1945 over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.