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The B-29
Superfortress Chronology,
1934–1960
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BY ROBERT A. MANN
AND FROM MCFARLAND
Aircraft Record Cards of the United States Air Force:
How to Read the Codes (2008)
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The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive Registry
of the Planes and Their Missions (2004; paperback 2009)
The B-29 Superfortress
Chronology, 1934–1960
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ROBERT A. MANN
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London
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Mann, Robert A., 1930–
The B-29 Superfortress chronology, 1934–1960 / Robert A. Mann.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN 978-0-7864-4274-4
softcover : 50# alkaline paper
1. B-29 bomber — History — Chronology.
2. B-29 bomber — Registers. I. Title.
UG1242.B6M2842 2009
623.74' 63 — dc22
2009004507
British Library cataloguing data are available
©2009 Robert A. Mann. All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying
or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,
without permission in writing from the publisher.
On the cover: from top left Boeing KB-29P used for aerial refueling (USAF);
Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the ¡9th Bombardment Group dropping its
payload over Korea in August ¡95¡ (USAF); B-29 “Z 49 Three Feathers”
displayed at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California
Manufactured in the United States of America
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640
www.mcfarlandpub.com
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To all who built, maintained and flew the Boeing B-29
Superfortress in all its incarnations: B, RB, KB, SB, WB, TB.
An especial dedication to all those who, in World War II,
the between the wars period, Korea and the Cold War,
died in this airplane. Rest in peace, brothers.
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