The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American bomber that was used in the Second World War in the fight against Japan, from bases in China and in the Mariana Islands (on Guam and two islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan and Tinian). Among other things, this type of bomber was used to drop the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945; this bomber was called the "Enola Gay". Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped with this type of bomber, this time over Nagasaki by the bomber "Bockscar". Both departed from Tinian.
The B-29 in the photo is "Doc" and this photo I took in late 2019 during an airshow at Sheppard Air Force Base.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…