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Boeing B-29 Superfortress (N69972)
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress (N69972)

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292 of N69972 1336 of B29 1121 at KBAD
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dodonfred
Awesome picture - wish I were there!
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roland pfeifer
Why were most of them not painted except for the nose art.
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Theo Barker
Roland, in a word: weight, primarily.
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marylou anderson
What a great airsho that must have been. Keep the great pics coming!
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Joseph Immermann
Roland - by late in the war our bases in England were not nearly as vulnerable to attack, so camo no longer needed as much from that standpoint, and the bomber formations had such a massive visual signature from the exhaust contrails that camo did not really matter much in the air either. I suppose if you were a straggler flying alone you would want camo, but for the most part late in the war it was just not as necessary.
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Mark Loupe
Most paint for those size aircraft weigh between 2-4000#. It saves fuel and maintenance.
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
14-Jun-2025 B29Washington Dulles Intl ()Richmond Intl () 18:30 EDT 19:19 EDT 0:49
13-Jun-2025 B29Richmond Intl ()Washington Dulles Intl () 15:28 EDT 16:23 EDT 0:55
13-Jun-2025 UnknownRichmond Intl () 15:28 EDT Last seen n/a
13-Jun-2025 UnknownRichmond Intl ()Richmond Intl () 13:04 EDT 13:35 EDT 0:31
13-Jun-2025 UnknownRichmond Intl ()Richmond Intl () 10:53 EDT 11:22 EDT 0:29
09-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Richmond Intl () 14:27 EDT 15:38 EDT 1:11
08-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 17:06 EDT 17:17 EDT 0:10
08-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 16:05 EDT 16:28 EDT 0:23
08-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 13:11 EDT 13:46 EDT 0:34
08-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 10:48 EDT 11:17 EDT 0:28
08-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 09:20 EDT 09:49 EDT 0:28
07-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 20:18 EDT 20:32 EDT 0:13
07-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 19:28 EDT 19:54 EDT 0:26
07-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 18:03 EDT 18:29 EDT 0:26
07-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 16:45 EDT 17:28 EDT 0:43
07-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 15:37 EDT 16:12 EDT 0:35
06-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 13:14 EDT 13:44 EDT 0:30
06-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 11:32 EDT 12:02 EDT 0:30
06-Jun-2025 UnknownReading Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 09:23 EDT 09:54 EDT 0:30
02-Jun-2025 UnknownHagerstown Rgnl ()Reading Rgnl () 10:38 EDT 11:17 EDT 0:38
01-Jun-2025 UnknownHagerstown Rgnl ()Hagerstown Rgnl () 12:48 EDT 13:17 EDT 0:28
01-Jun-2025 UnknownHagerstown Rgnl ()Hagerstown Rgnl () 10:45 EDT 11:16 EDT 0:31
01-Jun-2025 UnknownHagerstown Rgnl ()Hagerstown Rgnl () 08:45 EDT 09:13 EDT 0:28
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