Defending the Superbomber: The B-29’s Central Fire Control System

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was conceived as a state-of-the-art, high altitude strategic bomber. In 1938, with World War II on the horizon, the United States Army Air Corps saw the need for a bomber that could carry heavy bomb loads over the vast distances of the Pacific. It was the threat of Nazi Germany, however, that spurred the development of the new “superbomber.” In 1940, Boeing submitted an advanced design for a four-engine bomber with a pressurized fuselage, which the Air Corps chose… (airandspace.si.edu) Más...