United States bombers bombard Japan during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers dropping bombs over Tokyo, Japan. View of Mount Fuji in Honshu Island, Japan. Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 21st Bomber Command in flight. Aerial view of bomb dropping into a Japanese town. Industrial zone being hit by bombs. General Henry H. Arnold shakes hands with an officer in Washington D.C. A message written on a bomb. Message on the bomb reads “TO THE WARLORDS OF JAPAN WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN- THE B-29’S WILL REMIND YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!”. Buildings in Tokyo, Japan. A map of Saipan. B-29 aircraft land at an airstrip in Saipan. B-29 take off for a mission. Bombs being dropped over Japanese town.
United States Army Air Force aircraft flying over an airfield as seen from the ground during World War II. Groups of aircraft flies away. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress with “A” marking lands at the airfield. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes a landing near parked fighters. Jeeps drive near the B-29 Superfortress after its landing. Air Force personnel surround the B-29 Superfortress. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress taxiing from the runway.
Side view of United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (“Rawls’ Gravy Train”, Tail Number: 47-0040) in flight during World War II. Close view of the nose with nose art. Nose art shows a cartoon train and words that read “Rawls’ Gravy Train”. Camera moves away from the nose to show aircraft in flight. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber flies over snow-capped mountains. The camera moves back to show engines and nose of the B-29 bomber. Side view of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Tail Number: 46-9770) flying during World War II. Side view of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. The camera moves for a closer view of the middle portion of the aircraft. Closer view of the plane belly showing the bomb bays. The camera focuses on B-29 bomber modification showing large rounded area in middle of plane.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Tail Number: 46-9770) in flight during World War II. The aircraft slightly tilts as it turns during flight. United States Army Air Force insignia or roundel is seen on the wings and body. The camera shows a closer side view of the wings, engines, propeller, nose, and gun turrets located above and below the fuselage. Clouds obscure the flying bomber. Aerial view of full side of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight. Close view of the upper portion of the aircraft showing the body, wings, and upper front gun turret. View of the B-29 Superfortress belly with wings, engines, bomb bays and modification that appears to be a radome or alternately sized bay door.
A United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Tail Number: 46-9770) flying during World War II. Camera shows the right-side view of the belly or fuselage of the B-29 Superfortress bomber. The camera focuses on the B-29 bomber radome of an AN/APQ-13 radar near the bomb bays. Clouds obscure the view of the B-29 Superfortress as it descends altitude. View of the upper front gun turret, engines, and cockpit nose. A crewman is seen briefly looking out from a window. Camera turns to show the belly of the aircraft, showing the United States Army Air Force insignia or roundel on the wings, and fly further away.