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Posted: 11/7/2014 1:17:09 AM EDT
Here is a collection of documents and videos that show the various routines and procedures involved in aircrew training and the different crew positions' duties aboard a B-29.

The Pilot---


How to Fly the Boeing B-29 Superfortress: B-29 Flight Procedure & Combat Crew Functioning




Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions for B-29

Pilot's Handling Information for B-29 Superfortress

Pilot's Information File

Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced

Instrument Flying: Technique in Weather


The Navigator---


Air Navigation textbook

Navigation Weather Workbook

Navigator's Information File


The Bombardier---


Target Invisible- B-29 Superfortress Radar Guided Mission -





Bombardier's Information File

Radar Observer's Bombardment Information File

Radar Photography

Trajectory- An informative booklet on methods and techniques for bombardier training.

The Flight Engineer---


Boeing B-29 Superfortress Flight Engineer -1944




Flight Engineer Handbook, B-29

The Gunner---


The B-29 Superfortress gun turrets




WW2: The Central Station Fire-Control System Fundamentals (1943)




Not B-29 specific, but stars Ronald Reagan and Burgess Meredith!!




Gunner's Standing Operating Procedures for the B-29 & B-50 Superfortress, August 1948


The Radio Operator---


Radio-Operator and Mechanics Course

Technical School Class 52, Radio Operators and Mechanics Course


Putting it all together: combat crew operations---


Crew positions in the B-29 Superfortress




Combat Crew Manual, XX Bomber Command, Maj Gen Curtis E. LeMay

B-29 Characteristics Summary, March 1949

B-29 Story: the plane that won the War, by Maj Gene Gurney

Marianas Air-Sea Rescue, Bulletin Number 4


The Results---


FIRST B-29 RAID ON JAPAN TARGET TOKYO




HELL for HONSHU: B-29 Strategic Bombing of Japan




Atomic Bomb Footage: Tinian (1945) - Part 1(silent)




Atomic Bomb Footage: Tinian (1945) - Part 2 (silent)




Atomic Bomb Footage: Tinian (1945) - Part 3 (silent)

Link Posted: 11/7/2014 1:36:35 AM EDT
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