Aircraft Photo of 44-61679 / 461679 | Boeing B-29A Superfortress | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #359399
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:44-61679
Alternate Serial:461679
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-29/B-50 Superfortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-29A Superfortress
C/n (msn):11156
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Paris - OrlyMap
Country:France
Airport Codes:ICAO: LFPO   IATA: ORY   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:4 September 1945
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 359399
Photo Comment

'The first B-29 Superfortress to land on the European Continent is shown at Orly airfield, outside Paris, where it put down September 4, 1945. The non-stop flight of 2,300 nautical miles from Goose Bay, Labrador, was made in nine hours and twenty-one-minutes, breaking the trans-Atlantic record set by a Constellation. The B-29 will be put on exhibition in Paris as part of the American war material responsible for the eclipse of the Japanese.' However, the same airframe was photographed at Copenhagen - Kastrup during a similar exhibition that reportedly took place from 8-30 September.

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