Surviving B-29 Superfortresses

SURVIVING B-29 SUPERFORTRESSES
Compiled by C.M. Reed ([email protected])
Corrections/Additions welcome.
This information is believed to be correct at the date of writing.
V1.25
Updated 3 June 1998


B-29
42-65281                Travis Air Force Museum
44-27343                Tinker AFB Air Park
44-70016                Pima Air & Space Museum
44-87627                Eigth Air Force Museum
44-87779                South Dakota Air & Space Museum

B-29A
44-61535                Castle Air Museum
44-61669                March Field Museum
44-61671                Whiteman AFB
44-61975                New England Air Museum
44-62070                Confederate Air Force           N529B "FiFi"
44-62220                Kelly Field Heritage Museum

B-29B
44-84053                Museum of Aviation

TB-29
44-84076                SAC Museum
461748	                Imperial War Museum, Duxford UK   G-BHDK   "Hawg Wild"
							   Former China Lake a/c
44-61739		Robins AFB, Georgia (Nose section only)
Does anyone have additional data on this a/c; i.e. where it came from?

P2B-1S
45-21787                Weeks Air Museum               N29KW, ex- N91329 
						       "Fertile Myrtle";                                                              						     Former  USN D558-II launch aircraft
						       BuNo 84029

Additionally, the two B-29 nuclear bombers are both preserved. The
National Air and Space Museum has the Enola Gay, but at present only the
fuselage section has been used for display, and even this has raised a
great deal of controversy. The USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB has
the complete "Bockscar" on display in the main museum building. Nearby is a B-29
fuselage walk-through display painted to represent "Command Decision".


SURVIVING B-50 SUPERFORTRESSES


USAF Museum Photo

WB-50D
49-0310		USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB
49-0351		Castle AFB, California*


*This aircraft was retired in 1972, which would have made it the
last active USAF Superfortress; most records show that 
WB-50s were active no later than 1968 or so. It *was* flown 
from AMARC to Castle in 1980, which was almost certainly the 
last time a USAF Superfort was flown. A rumour had it that 
this aircraft was haunted by the spirit of a waist gunner; 
this was a hoax. Now, the question is, was -0351 the last 
B-50 at AMARC? Where there others that ended up going under
the axe?



KB-50D
49-372			Pima Air Museum

KB-50J
A KB-50J was displayed for many years at the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson. 
It was moved sometime in the past few years, and I would appreciate any data
on its current whereabouts. In addition to these aircraft, the fuselage of the
B-50 "Lucky Lady II", which made the first unrefuelled around the world flight,
is preserved at the Planes of Fame Museum at Chino, California. As I recall, 
this aircraft sufferred an accident within a few years of its record flight, 
and the fuselage was used as a recruiting exhibit for a while. Does anyone 
know of any other B-50 bits and pieces still in existence?

Thanks to Graham Salt and Jon Price for update information.