Boeing B-29 Superfortress Manual 1942-60 (all marks): An insight into the design, operation, maintenance and restoration of the USA's giant long-range heavy bomber

Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual

by Chris Howlett

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress has carved its name in history as the bomber aircraft that dropped the world's first ever H-bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Flown mainly by the USAAF towards the end of WW2 and later during the Korean War, the four-engine B-29 was at the cutting edge of aeronautical design for its time, with pressurised crew accommodation, electronic fire-control system and remotely operated gun turrets.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published December 15, 2015

Reviews

[Robert Hepple · Rating 4 out of 5]

Published in 2015, 'Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1942-60 (all marks)' is a novelty Haynes manual focussed on the famous American bomber aircraft of WW2. As usual with these publications, the book is part devoted to the historical aspects of the aircraft development and operations, and part devoted to close-in walkaround detail with the help of several preserved examples. This is supported by a lot of superb illustrations, mostly photos plus a few illustrations extracted from manuals and other such documents. The amount of info supplied is surprising, despite the limitation of size and even includes some brief reference to use of unlicensed copies by the USSR and China. Given the limitations of this series 'coffee table book' format, this is one of the best I have read so far.