B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay U.S. Coast Guard equipping reserve units through late

equipping reserve units through late 1986

The design showed promise and AAF purchases of Allison-powered Mustangs began in 1941 primarily for photo recon and ground support use due to its limited high-altitude performance

it was at first restricted to land-based marine units and equipped all USMC fighter units in the Pacific in the second half of 1943

Clippers were already routinely crossing the vast Pacific

B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay U.S. Coast Guard equipping reserve units through lateEnola Gay B 29 airplane model. Boeing's B 29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated, propeller driven, bomber to fly during World War II, and the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments. Boeing installed very advanced armament, propulsion, and avionics systems into the Superfortress. During the war in the Pacific Theater, the B 29 delivered the first nuclear weapons used in combat. On August 6, 1945, Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.,