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Originally Posted by chaseisland
Not having seen it, I will not hazard a guess. However, the B-29 was called the Superfortress, the B-24 was the Liberator, and the B-17 was the Flying fortress. I've never read that the B-29 flew in the European conflict.
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While these collectors
do have two+ B-29 bombers—
a difficult restoration project—they're not slated to appear at Laconia. Maybe never?
B-29s were restricted to the Asian and Pacific theaters of WWII. The US' most sophisticated bomber at the time, we still lost 200 of them over Japan.
The B-29 that preceded the takeoff of the
Enola Gay crashed into the ocean—in sight of the
Enola Gay's pilot.
Four had crashed on takeoff the day before.
FLL probably saw a B-24, which made a Wolfeboro flyover in clear skies yesterday about 5:30-PM. Its twin tails bear a distinctive white diagonal stripe.