WWII Friday Five
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Today’s Friday Five topic is kind of personal for me because it’s related to my Dad. On this day, in 1942, the B-29 Superfortress flew for the first time. Papa trained in A-20s, flew B-25s in combat, and spent a lot of time in B-24s and B-29s stateside in the ferry command. He loved the B-29 because it was big, powerful, and a challenge to handle.
- The Wikipedia entry on the B-29 Superfortress.
- Boeing’s history of the B-29
- Lake Mead’s B-29 (Fascinating story of locating a missing plane in deep water.)
- Results of a flickr search for B-29
- B-29 Superfortress on YouTube
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September 23rd, 2007 at 1:39 pm
This isn’t relevant to this post - forgive me - but I was wondering if you plan to catch Ken Burns’s THE WAR on PBS tonight?
September 23rd, 2007 at 2:50 pm
I will be watching it, or most probably Tivo-ing it to watch later and to review here.