B-29

[ bee-twen-tee-nahyn ]

noun

, U.S. Military.

, plural B-29's.

1. a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.

Word History and Origins

Origin of B-29¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Seventy years earlier, the Enola Gay — the B-29 super fortress that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan — was built inside these walls.

From Los Angeles Times

“We weren’t doing it for honors and awards. We were doing it to save our country. And we ended up helping save the world,” said 98-year-old Anna Mae Krier, who worked as a riveter building B-17 and B-29 bombers.

From Seattle Times

Despite the cloudiness of the crystal caused by the blast, the watch’s hands remain halted at 8:15 AM — the moment when the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the ‘Little Boy’ atomic bomb.

From Seattle Times

The B-29 Superfortress was the most advanced bomber of the 1940s and two of them dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From Seattle Times

“Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation. The tradition began during the Christmas season in 1952 when a B-29 Superfortress aircrew saw islanders waving at them from the island of Kapingamarangi, 3,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. In the spirit of Christmas, the aircrew dropped a bundle of supplies attached to a parachute to the islanders below, giving the operation its name. Today, aairdropoperations include more than 50 islands throughout the Pacific,” notes a written report from the base itself, which can be found at Andersen.af.mil/ocd.

From Washington Times