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Institutional location
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Status
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42-24791
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College Park,
Maryland
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QuestMasters Museum
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Undergoing restoration
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as a B-29. Delivered on 17 October 1944, it was assigned to the
1st Bomb Squadron,
9th Bomb Group. Nicknamed "The Big Time Operator". It flew 46 combat missions from
North Field,
Tinian over
Japan. Stricken in 1950 and sent to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. Its nose section was recovered and placed at
Edward F. Beale Museum until 2001. The
Museum of Flight used it as a parts source for the restoration of 44-69729, and later the
New England Air Museum scavenged parts from it to restore Jack’s Hack.
QuestMasters Museum acquired the nose section of the aircraft in November 2012.
[1]
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42-65281
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Fairfield, California
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Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Martin Omaha as B-29. Delivered to USAAF on 11 December 1944. Assigned to
24th Bombardment Squadron,
6th Bombardment Group,
313th Bombardment Wing. Piloted by
Bruce R. Alger who named the plane "Miss America '62" after his newborn daughter, who would be 18 years old in 1962. Flew 30 combat missions from
North Field,
Tinian. Returned to US in October 1945. Used at various bases until the late 1950s. Used as target at
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake from 1960 to 1985. Removed in 1986 and sent to Travis AFB for restoration, which was completed in 1994. At unveiling on 18 June 1994, Alger's wife Linda spoke.
[2]
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42-93967
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Cordele, Georgia
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Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. Subsequently converted to RB-29A. Flown on combat reconnaissance missions with the
19th Bombardment Group from
North Field,
Guam. Carried name "City of Lansford, PA".
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44-27297
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Dayton, Ohio
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National Museum of the United States Air Force
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Static display
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Built at
Martin Omaha as B-29 and modified to a
Silverplate during production. Delivered to USAAF on 19 March 1945 and assigned to
Frederick C. Bock at
Wendover AAF in April. Given the name "Bockscar" by her crew. Arrived in
Tinian 16 June for service with the
393d Bombardment Squadron,
509th Composite Group. On 9 August was flown by
Charles W. Sweeney and dropped the
Fat Man atomic bomb on
Nagasaki. Returned to the US in November and sent to
Roswell AAF. Placed in storage at
Davis-Monthan AAF in 1946. In September 1961 flown to National Museum, where it has been on display since.
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44-27343
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Tinker Air Force Base
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Static display
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Built at
Martin Omaha as B-29. Later converted to WB-29, she operated in the
57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the early to mid 1950s. In 1955 sent to
Aberdeen Proving Ground for use as a target. Recovered in 1985, restored, and placed on display.
[3]
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44-61535
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Atwater, California
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Castle Air Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. During the Korean War was part of the
28th Bombardment Squadron,
19th Bombardment Group and flew from
Kadena Airbase. Given the name "Raz'n Hell" by her crew. Flew roughly 50 combat missions. Returned to US after war. In 1958 sent to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake for use as a target. Recovered in 1980 and put on display. Uses tail of 44–61535, outer wings of 44–84084, and fuselage and inner wings of 44–70064.
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44-61669
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Riverside, California
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March Field Air Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. Delivered to USAAF 5 May 1945. Flew with
457th Bombardment Squadron,
330th Bombardment Group,
314th Bombardment Wing from
North Field, Guam. Coded as "K 15". During the
Korean War assigned to
581st Air Resupply Group at
Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. Sent to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in 1956 for use as a target. Recovered in 1975 by David Tallichet and Yesterday's Air Force. Transferred to March Field in 1981. From 1981 to 2003 wore the livery of 44-27263 "Mission Inn." From 2003 to 2022, it wore the markings of 44-61668 "Flagship 500" and "Three Feathers". Now restored in its original 457th Bomb Squadron markings of K 15.
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44-61671
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Knob Noster, Missouri
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Whiteman AFB
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. Wears livery of 44–27353, "
The Great Artiste", which flew as an observation aircraft during the
bombing of Hiroshima and the bombing of Nagasaki.
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44-61739
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Warner Robins, Georgia
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Museum of Aviation
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. This aircraft survives only as a nose section, recovered from the
Aberdeen Proving Ground in
Maryland.
[4]
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44-61748
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Duxford, Cambridgeshire
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Imperial War Museum Duxford
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. Assigned to 371st Bombardment Squadron,
307th Bombardment Group,
307th Bombardment Wing at
Kadena AB, Okinawa in March 1952. Named "It's Hawg Wild" by her crew. Flew 105 missions over North Korea. Sent to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in November 1956 to be used as a target. Recovered from China Lake in 1979 and donated to Imperial War Museum. Arrived in Duxford 2 March 1980.
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44-61975
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Windsor Locks, Connecticut
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New England Air Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. In 1956 sent to
Aberdeen Proving Ground for use as a target. Recovered in 1973 by Bradley Air Museum. Damaged by a tornado in 1979. Wears livery of "Jack's Hack" (serial unknown).
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44-62022
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Pueblo, Colorado
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Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. Later sent to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake for use as a target. Recovered in 1972. Wears livery of a B-29 piloted by Lt. Robert T. Haver and named "Peachy" (serial 44-62022
[5]).
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44-62070
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Addison, Texas
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Commemorative Air Force
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Airworthy
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. Served as an administrative aircraft before being stored. Returned to service in 1953. Used until 1958, at which point it was sent to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake for use as a ballistic missile target. Acquired by the Commemorative Air Force in 1971, then known as the Confederate Air Force, and flown to Harlingen, Texas that August. A restoration was completed in 1974 and the plane was named "FIFI " after Josephine O'Connor (1919-2007),
[7] the wife of Victor Neils Agather (1912-2000),
[8] who was instrumental in acquiring the plane. After being grounded in 2006, she returned to the air in 2010. Registered with the FAA as N529B.
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44-62112
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Chino, California
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Aero Trader
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In storage
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. One of four B-29's obtained by Disney from China Lake for use in the movie
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark. The other three were: 44-62222 (reported destroyed off the coast of Hawaii), 44-70049 and 44–84084. Nose section only, now owned by
Kermit Weeks and in storage at
Aero Trader,
Chino,
California.
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44-62139
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Dayton,
Ohio
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National Museum of the United States Air Force
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. The walk-through B-29 fuselage is painted to represent 44-87657 "Command Decision" from
28th Bomb Squadron,
19th Bomb Group. The original "Command Decision" was named after
a popular 1948 film about the difficult decisions and heavy casualties of bomber operations over Europe in World War II. It became famous for shooting down five
MiG-15s, unofficially making it a bomber "Ace," and flew in 121 missions during the
Korean War. It was . .
[9]
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44-62220
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San Antonio, Texas
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Lackland AFB
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Renton as B-29A. Sent to
Aberdeen Proving Ground in 1960 for use as a target. Recovered in 1985 and put on display at
Kelly AFB. After Kelly's closure, moved to
Lackland AFB. Wears livery of "Joltin' Josie the Pacific Pioneer".
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44-69729
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Seattle, Washington
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Museum of Flight
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as B-29. Assigned to the 875th Bomb Squadron,
498th Bomb Group,
73d Bomb Wing and completed 37 bombing missions before it was converted to a KB-29
aerial refueling tanker in June 1949. In 1986 it was removed from the
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake,
California and transported to the Lowry Heritage Museum at the then-
Lowry Air Force Base,
Colorado; now the
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. No. 54 went through its initial level of restoration in 1987 with museum volunteers and was readied for Lowry AFB's 50th anniversary and the 40th anniversary of the USAF on 2 October 1987. It was restored to its 1944 markings with the "T Square 54" on its vertical stabilizer. In 1995, the
USAF Museum transferred T-Sq-54 to the
Museum of Flight in
Seattle, Washington. After another level of restoration and change in its markings, it was displayed again in 1996. She was shrink wrapped, 2011, in white plastic for 5 years and unwrapped on 6 Apr 2016 under the new open-side outdoor Pavilion.
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44-69972
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Wichita, Kansas
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Doc's Friends
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Airworthy
[10]
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as B-29. In 1951 converted to a radar calibration plane and was based at
Griffiss Air Force Base with the
4713th Radar Evaluation Squadron. Squadron named planes after characters from
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and this plane acquired the name "Doc." B-29 number 44-70016 was also in this squadron. Struck off in 1956 and sent to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake for use as a target. Removed in 1998 and restored at the
Boeing plant in
Wichita, Kansas where it was originally built. Moved in March 2007 to the
Kansas Aviation Museum. In February 2013, the aircraft was acquired by the non-profit organization Doc's Friends. On 11 May 2016, the restoration crew performed the first of many low-speed taxi tests as the final preparations were underway before first flight. The plane received a certificate of airworthiness from the Federal Aviation Administration on May 20, 2016 allowing it be flown. On 17 July 2016, "Doc" flew for the first time since 1956, flown by members of "Fifi" flight crews. It is registered with FAA as N69972.
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44-70016
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Tucson, Arizona
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Pima Air and Space Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as B-29. Delivered to the USAAF 6 April 1945, and later assigned to the
330th Bombardment Group based out of
North Field,
Guam, for combat service. Assigned to the 330th's
458th Bombardment Squadron, it began to regularly fly on combat missions, and was later dubbed "Sentimental Journey." By the war's end, "Sentimental Journey" had flown a total of 30 Missions with the 458th, and was placed into storage. In March 1954, it was renamed "Dopey" and assigned to
4713th Radar Evaluation Squadron, at
Griffiss Air Force Base in
Rome, New York, flying radar defense evaluation flights until 1959. In June 1959, S/N 44-70016 was finally retired from the air force, and sent to
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in
Tucson, Arizona for storage. Then, in 1969 the B-29 was donated to the
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (then the U.S. Air Force Museum), and later placed on loan to the
Pima Air and Space Museum (then the Tucson Air Museum Foundation of Pima County).
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44-70049
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Ocotillo Wells, California
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Aero Trader
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In storage
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as B-29. One of four B-29's obtained by Disney from China Lake for use in the movie
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark. The other three were: 44–62112, 44-62222 (reported destroyed off the coast of Hawaii) and 44–84084. Now owned by
Kermit Weeks and in storage at
Aero Trader,
Ocotillo Wells,
California.
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44-70102
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Ridgecrest,
California
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Naval Museum of Armament & Technology
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In storage
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"Here's Hopin" was built at
Boeing Wichita and flew in 25 combat missions while assigned with the
678th Bombardment Squadron of the
444th Bombardment Group out of
West Field,
Tinian. It was transferred to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in 1960. It is currently on hold awaiting restoration by
Naval Museum of Armament & Technology. This aircraft is not complete, having been stripped for parts to restore other B-29s recovered from China Lake.
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44-70113
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Marietta, Georgia
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Dobbins ARB
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as B-29. Flew with the 883rd Bomb Squadron of the
500th Bombardment Group in the
73d Bombardment Wing of the
20th Air Force, and flew 27 bombing missions before the end of
World War II, carrying the name "Marilyn Gay." This B-29 is credited with shooting down a confirmed three Japanese fighter planes, with 3 more probable fighter kills. After the end of the war, this B-29 was renamed "Hoof Hearted," and served in Great Britain before it was decommissioned in 1956 and sent to the
Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. In 1973, the B-29 was recovered by the now defunct
Florence Air & Missile Museum in
Florence, South Carolina for restoration. In 1994, the Marietta B-29 Association sponsored restoration and put it on display at
Dobbins ARB,
Georgia as "Sweet Eloise."
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44-84053
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Warner Robins, Georgia
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Museum of Aviation
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Static display
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Built at
Bell Atlanta as B-29B. In 1956 sent to
Aberdeen Proving Ground for use as a target. Recovered in 1983 and put on display.
[11]
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44-84076
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Ashland, Nebraska
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Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Bell Atlanta as B-29. Delivered 4 August 1945 to
Walker AAF. Used by multiple units throughout the United States until 1959. Struck off command in July 1959 and transferred to SAC Museum. Formerly displayed as "Man o' War." Recently restored and painted as "Lucky Lady."
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44-84084
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Ocotillo Wells, California
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Aero Trader
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In storage
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Built at
Bell Atlanta as B-29. Acquired by USAAF on 31 July 1945. In January 1950, it was assigned to
Tinker AFB. Removed from service on 15 September 1954 and transferred to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. One of four B-29's obtained by Disney from China Lake for use in the movie
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark. The other three were: 44–62112, 44-62222 (reported destroyed off the coast of Hawaii) and 44–70049. Parts of this aircraft were used to restore Raz'n Hell in the 1980s. The rest of this aircraft now sits in storage, owned by
Aero Trader.
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44-86292
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Chantilly, Virginia
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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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Static display
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Built at
Martin Omaha as B-29 and modified to a
Silverplate during production. While still on the assembly line, personally selected on 9 May 1945 by
Colonel
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. for use with the
509th Composite Group. Taken on strength 18 May, assigned to the
393d Bombardment Squadron and on 14 June flown by
Robert A. Lewis to
Wendover AAF. On 31 May flown to Guam for bomb-bay modification. On 6 July flown to
North Field,
Tinian. Flew training and combat missions during July. On 5 August Tibbets took command of the plane, and named it "Enola Gay" after his mother. The name was painted on that same day. On 6 August, accompanied by "
The Great Artiste" and "
Necessary Evil," "Enola Gay" dropped the
Little Boy atomic bomb on
Hiroshima. Returned to the US on 6 November and kept at
Roswell AAF. In May 1946 sent to
Kwajalein Atoll for atomic tests, but was not used. Returned to
Fairfield-Suisin AAF. In August 1946 given to
Smithsonian Institution. After being left outside for some time, dismantled and put in storage at
Suitland, Maryland in 1961. Restoration began in December 1984 and was completed in December 2003.
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44-86408
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Ogden, Utah
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Hill Aerospace Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Martin Omaha as B-29. Used for air sampling during atomic tests in the Pacific. After being stationed at various bases across the US, sent to
Dugway Proving Ground for chemical testing, and then abandoned. Recovered in 1983 and placed on display at Hill AFB. Originally displayed as "Hagarty's Hag", it is currently painted to resemble "
Straight Flush".
[12]
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44-87627
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Bossier City, Louisiana
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Barksdale Global Power Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as TB-29. In 1956 sent to
Aberdeen Proving Ground for use as a target. Recovered in 1985 and put on display.
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44-87779
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Rapid City, South Dakota
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South Dakota Air and Space Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as B-29. Sent to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in 1956 for use as a target. Recovered in 1985. Wears livery of "Legal Eagle II."
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45-21739
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Sachon, South Gyeongsang
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KAI Aerospace Museum
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Static display
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as B-29. Sent to
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. Recovered in 1972 and sent to Seoul. Museum named the plane "Unification."
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45-21748
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
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Static display
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"Duke of Albuquerque" was built at
Boeing Wichita as TB-29. Served with
509th Bombardment Group from 1946 to 1947. Later used as a ground training aircraft at
Chanute AFB. Put on display wearing livery of Enola Gay.
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45-21787
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Polk City, Florida
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Fantasy of Flight
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Dismantled and in storage
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Built at
Boeing Wichita as B-29. Delivered to USAAF in September 1945. Sold to USN in 1947. Later transferred to
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics where it acquired the name "Fertile Myrtle." Used to carry the
Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket research aircraft. Donated to the American Air Museum in
Oakland, California in 1969. Used in the flying sequences of the 1980
Walt Disney film
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark. Sold to
Kermit Weeks in 1984. In 1992 the plane was severely damaged when the Weeks Air Museum was wrecked during
Hurricane Andrew. The forward fuselage has subsequently been restored and was on static display. Other parts in storage. Although not presently airworthy, it is registered with FAA as N29KW.
[13]
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