B-29 super fortress bombing plane.

Washington, D.C. Nov. 29, 1944. First public showing of the army's B-29 'super fortress' bombing plane.
Title: Washington, D.C. Nov. 29, 1944. First public showing of the army's B-29 'super fortress' bombing plane.
Creator(s): Lakey, J. Sherrel, photographer
Related Names:
United States. Office of War Information.
Date Created/Published: 1944 Nov.
Summary: Photographs show Washington, D.C. First public showing of the army's B-29 'super fortress' bombing plane. Ten-ton bomb load on display. To fill the fuel tanks, 160 fifty-five-gallon drums of gasoline are required. Tailgun assembly and gunner's compartment. Pattern pictures of belts of machine gun ammunition. Portraits of Gen. C. Marshall and Henry H. Arnold and Col. T. Harmon, pilot of a B-29 that recently raided Japan.
Notes:
Photographed by J. Sherrel Lakey for the U.S. Office of War Information.
Negative nos. 56375-56412; control card no. 2097.
LOT title and other information from catalog card and published guide: Washingtoniana photographs ... Library of Congress, 1989.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
Forms part of the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Subjects:
Bombers--American--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.
Shells (Ammunition)--1940-1950.
Photographic prints--1940-1950.
Bookmark /2004668581/
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