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B-29 standard procedures for pilots.
Manual no. 2AF manual 50-27 (Revised). Dated January 1, 1945.

B-29 standard procedures for gunners.
Cover title. Dated 30 September 1945. 2AF manual 50-91-3.

B-29 standard procedures for flight engineers.
Manual no. 2AF manual 50-37. Dated July 18, 1944.

B-29 mechanic's field service data book.
Revised: March 1944, June 1944, September 1944, January 1945. This revision is dated June 1945. "G Timblin 1943" handwritten on first page.

B-29 gunner's information file.
Manual no. GEJ-1631.

A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing by W. H. Cook, August 30, 1985
Manuscript titled "A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing," written by William H. Cook, Jr., August 30, 1985. Addresses different flight control surfaces used at Boeing and the development of new ones over…

[WASPs and Boeing Company representative with B-29 Superfortress "Ladybird"]
Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen Dora J. Dougherty (left) and Dorothea J. Moorman and an unidentified Boeing Company representative in front of "Ladybird," a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, at Eglin Field, Florida, June…

[Three Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft in flight]
Photograph of three Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft (tail numbers 43, 57, and 45, tail code Circle X) in flight, circa 1944-1952.

[Teletype printout of news story about Tokyo bombing mission, November 24, 1944]
Teletype printout of a news story by Mac R. Johnson, United Press war correspondent, describing a bombing mission against Tokyo, Japan on November 24, 1944. Johnson accompanied the crew of "Little Gem," a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, during the mission…

[Servicemen with Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen with a Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) aircraft (serial number 42-65284, designation "Destiny's 'Tot'"), July 6, 1945. The aircraft's nose art depicts a man holding a bomb.…
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