Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345)
Subject
Subject Source: Nasm
Scope Note: Aircraft
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Baker, Sydney J. -- oral history interview, 2019 August 29
File
Interview Summary
Engineer Sydney Baker is interviewed about his life and his decade-spanning career in the aviation industry. He discusses his work at Vickers-Armstrongs in the 1940s and 1950s and his subsequent engineering jobs with Canadair and the Boeing Company. Projects discussed include the AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) program, the AOA (Airborne Optical Adjunct) program, and guided missile development. He also shares his experiences as a Museum of Flight docent and his restoration work...
Dates:
2019 August 29
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) -- crew positions and assembly, undated, circa 1940s
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Photographic Prints and Negatives series documents many aircraft, people and organizations affiliated with the Curtiss-Wright Company and its predecessor companies, spanning the early 1900s through 1960 with the bulk of items from the 1930s-1940s. While Series V. contains 14 photographic prints and Series VII. contains 263 prints and 1 negative, the bulk of visual imagery can be found in this series, with 3,502 photographic prints, 462 negatives, and 1 photomechanical print among these...
Dates:
undated, circa 1940s
Elsie Anderson Boeing Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1997-04-17-A
Abstract
Elsie Anderson worked at Boeing Company as a Public Relations representative, circa 1940s-1950s. The collection includes negatives, films, photographic prints, and a small amount of textual materials related to Boeing aircraft and test flights occurring during the 1940s-1950s.
Dates:
circa 1940s-1950s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Hans Carl Borm Annotated B-29 Gunner's Information File
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2026-00-00--18
Content Description
The Hans Carl Borm Annotated B-29 Gunner's Information File is a single-item collection consisting of a B-29 Gunner's information file (manual) with notes and illustrations by Borm from his military service during World War II.The volume is a standard-issue gunner's training manual published by General Electric circa 1944. Of particular interest are the memo pages at the end of the manual which contain Borm's personal annotations. Two pages contain...
Dates:
circa 1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2019-03-20
Overview
The Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook is a small spiral notebook with handwritten notes regarding the installation of bomb doors on B-29s during World War II.
Dates:
circa 1939-1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
John D. Carroll World War II Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2000-09-14
Contents of the Collection
The John D. Carroll World War II Collection relates to the World War II experience of 1st Lieutenant John D. Carroll, who served as a flight navigator and bombardier. It includes aeronautical charts for Hong Kong and Hungtze, China and Osaka and Choshi, Japan as well as a small amount of newspaper clippings related to World War II. Also present are photographs depicting military operations, such as reconnaissance and aerial bombardment, and aircraft, predominantly the B-29. The B-29 is...
Dates:
circa 1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-26
Abstract
The William Hough “Bill” Cook, Jr. Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to the life and work of Bill Cook, Jr. A significant portion of this collection is made up of correspondence, both personal and professional. Major topics include the Boeing high speed wind tunnel, the B-29, B-47, and B-17 bombers, the development of the YC-14 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and research on supersonic transport.
Dates:
1925-2012; Majority of material found within 1938-1974
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Thomas Cooper World War II Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2009-08-13-A
Contents of the Collection
The Thomas Cooper World War II Photograph Collection is comprised of 42 photographs mostly taken by Paul A. Payne, with whom Thomas Cooper served in United States Marine Corps in the Pacific theater of World War II. The photographs were taken on Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands between 1944 and 1945. They feature several American aircraft, such as a Northrop P-61, a Douglas C-47, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, and several Boeing B-29s. Many of the B-29 photographs were taken on...
Dates:
Circa 1943-1946
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Ralph W. Edington World War II Photographs Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2026-03-10
Content Description
The Ralph W. Edington World War II Photographs Collection is a small collection of photographs taken and collected by Sgt. Ralph W. Edington during his World War II service.The collection is comprised of 33 photographs related to Edington's service. Seven of the images depict Edignton and his fellow members of "Crew 392." Eighteen images depict aircraft, primarily Boeing B-29s, on bombing missions. These photos were taken in-flight of surrounding aircraft, giving insight to the...
Dates:
circa 1940-1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Mac R. Johnson Tokyo Bombing Run Teletype
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-180
Contents of the Collection
This small collection is comprised of United Press war correspondent Mac R. Johnson's teletype firsthand account as an observer onboard the B-29 aircraft "Little Gem" for a combat mission on November 24, 1944. The mission described in the teletype is the United States Air Force's first B-29 air raid on Tokyo. Johnson wrote a dramatic and detailed description of events onboard as the squadron performed a high altitude bombing over the target, the Nakajima Aircraft Factory. The...
Dates:
1944 November 24
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives