B-29

Ellipsis of Boeing B-29 Superfortress, an American bomber plane primarily used in World War II.

Noun

  1. Ellipsis of Boeing B-29 Superfortress, an American bomber plane primarily used in World War II.

    aircraft, military · Topics: government, military, politics, war

    • As many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital that night. […] The B-29s would go in low – at 5,000 to 8,000 feet. - 2020 March 7, Brad Lendon, Emiko Jozuka, “History’s deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War II and you’ve probably never heard of it”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2025

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