The Enola Gay photos were taken at the National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar Hazy facility during our visit to Washington DC in October 2015. Bockscar was at the NMoUSAF. Photos of the B-29 at the IMW Duxford were taken during our trip to England in 2008.
Mitchell and I got a very special private tour of the B-29 T-Square-54 under restoration at Boeing Field was prior to the Superfortress being shrinkwrapped for long-term storage until it finds a new place suitable for the work to continue. For now, the wings have been attached and T-Square-54 is proudly displayed in the Museum of Flight’s new covered Pavilion.
During a trip to the Pima Air Museum in Tucson, I photographed the B-29 Sentimental Journey, which bears a square K on the tail and has “447” in its aircraft number… interesting!
A special treat on May 20, 2022, as I got to photograph the B-29 Doc flying from Boeing Field. An even more incredible opportunity came at AirVenture 2024 when I was able to watch Fifi and Doc fly together accompanied by an Avro Lancaster. Incredible! Seeing Fifi in Dallas in 2024, was the fourth different location I have photographed her at.
I’ve also shot a few later variations with B-29 lineage, including the B-50 and some of the KC-97 Stratotanker and C-97 Stratofreighter craft.
B-29 44-86292 “Enola Gay”
NASM Udvar-Hazy 2015
B-29 44-27297 “Bockscar”
NMoUSAF 2018
44-69972 “Doc”
OshKosh 2024
Boeing Field 2022
B-29A 44-61669 “Three Feathers III”
March AFB 2018
B-29A 44-61748 “It’s Hawg Wild”
IWM Duxford 2008
Imperial War Museum, Duxford 2019
B-29 44-70016 “Sentimental Journey”
Pima Air Museum 2017
B-29 44-62070 “Fifi”
OshKosh 2024
Boeing Field Seattle 2014
DuPage Airport 2024
CAF Hangar at Dallas Executive Airport, Texas 2024
B-29 44-69729 “T-Square-54” restoration
Boeing Plant 2, Boeing Field 2011
Museum of Flight 2013
When Boeing’s Plant 2 was demolished, the restoration project was moved outside and shrink-wrapped to preserve the amazing restoration work that had been done up to theat point.
Boeing Field Seattle 2015
Here she is two years later — still parked on the west side of Boeing Field in pretty crappy November weather.
Museum of Flight April 2016
T-Square-54 in the new covered pavilion 2016
Museum of Flight 2016
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Museum of Flight 2023
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Museum of Flight 2023
B-29 44-87779
South Dakota Air Museum 2021
TB-29B 44-84053
Online reference mentioned “The Bonny Lee”
Robins AFB 2024
B-29A 44-70064 “Raz’n Hell”
Painted as 44-61535, but actually a composite aircraft made from parts of three B-29s: 44-70064, 44-61535 and 44-84084