B-29
Superfortress
First flight
1942
ROLE
Heavy bomber
info
Crashed
Total in database
2
info
Land Leased
Displays
0
Design country
USA
Variant | First Flight | Max Speed | Max Range | Max Weght | Max Celling: | Wing Span | length | height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tu-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
BA-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
SB-29 | 01/01/1940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
FB-29 | 01/01/1940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
XB-29 | 01/01/1942 | 357 | 3250 | 133500 | 31850 | 141.3 | 99 | 27.9 |
B-29 | 01/01/1943 | 357 | 3250 | 133500 | 31850 | 141.3 | 99 | 27.9 |
YB-29 | 01/01/1943 | 357 | 3250 | 133500 | 31850 | 141.3 | 99 | 27.9 |
B-29A | 01/01/1944 | 357 | 3250 | 133500 | 31850 | 141.3 | 99 | 27.9 |
TB-29 | 01/01/1944 | — | — | — | ||||
RB-29 | 01/01/1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
B-29B | 01/01/1945 | 372 | 3450 | 133500 | 31850 | 141.3 | 99 | 27.9 |
DB-29 | 01/01/1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
VB-29 | 01/01/1946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
WB-29 | 01/01/1946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
CB-29 | 01/01/1946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
EB-29 | 01/01/1947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
RB-29J | 01/01/1947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
GB-29 | 01/01/1947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
QB-29 | 01/01/1949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
The Tupolev Tu-4, NATO codename “Bull”, was a reverse-engineered copy of the B-29 produced by the Soviet Union after three interned American B-29s made emergency landings in Soviet territory during WWII. Stalin ordered Tupolev to copy the design down to the last rivet, resulting in an aircraft nearly identical to the B-29 but fitted with Soviet instrumentation, Shvetsov ASh-73 engines, and metric-based construction. The Tu-4 became the USSR’s first true strategic bomber, giving them nuclear delivery capability. It was used through the 1950s and laid the foundation for later Soviet bombers like the Tu-16 and Tu-95. The Tu-4 also served as a testbed for air-to-air refueling and missile platforms.
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