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National
Air and Space
Museum
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Boeing B-29-45-MO
Superfortress
The XB-29 first flew on 21 September 1942, at Boeing
Field in Seattle. By 8 May 1944, 130 B-29s were operational. The first
bombing mission against the Japanese main islands, since Doolittle's Raid
in April 1942, occurred on 15 June 1944.
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