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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress lived an operational life of only 26 years, but what a life it was. The introduction to this book provides basic information on the physical plane: dimensions, specs, leading particulars and operational usages. Then an exhaustive day-by-day chronology of the B-29 is presented--from the earliest designs in 1934 through thousands of missions and aircraft events in World War II and Korea to the 1960 retirement of the last operational B-29. The book also includes an extensive glossary and three appendices, which provide a discussion of the general anatomy of a mission, a sample of operational voice or radio codes used in 1945, and a guide to (very unofficial) aircraft names.

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an excellent reference volume...essential for collections specializing in military history --<i>ARBA</i>; a staggering compendium of data, a great companion to <i>The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive Registry</i>, and a terrific reference for anyone seriously interested in the big bombers --<i>Stone & Stone Second World War Books.</i>

an excellent reference volume...essential for collections specializing in military history --ARBA; a staggering compendium of data, a great companion to The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive Registry, and a terrific reference for anyone seriously interested in the big bombers --Stone & Stone Second World War Books.

"""an excellent reference volume...essential for collections specializing in military history""--ARBA; ""a staggering compendium of data, a great companion to The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive Registry, and a terrific reference for anyone seriously interested in the big bombers""--Stone & Stone Second World War Books."

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Robert A. Mann is a former member of the United States Air Force, and enjoyed a long career in the aerospace industry. The author of five books, he lives in Pahrump, Nevada.

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