The B-29 Superfortress Chronology 1934-1960

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 In 1945, And A Guide To (very Unofficial) Aircraft Names.