4/45: TOS USAAF; assigned to Gulfport AAF, MS. 11/45: Stored Davis-Monthan AFB. 1948: A Reconnaissance Weather Squadron, Fairfield AFB, CA. 1949: Converted to WB-29. 11/49: 513th RWS, Tinker AFB, OK. 1/51: 513th moved to Hickam AFB, HI. 1951: 57th Strategic RWS, Hickam. 1951 to 1952: Periodically deployed to Kwajalein AB supporting 1951 A-bomb tests and 1952 H-bomb tests at Eniwetok Atoll. 12/54 to 10/55: Tinker AFB; Converted to TB-29. 11/55: 3rd Tow Target Sqdn, Labrador. 7/56: TOS US Army, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, for use as target for weapons testing. 12/85: Tinker AFB for display.

19 April 1945: TOS USAAF and assigned to the 393rd Composite Squadron/509th Composite Group, Wendover Army Air Field, UT. It was converted to "Silverplate" Victor number 77. 9 August 1945: Dropped the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. 11 September 1946: Davis-Monthan for storage. 26 September 1961: Flew to Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, for the Air Force Museum. 17 October 1970: Towed to the new Museum facility at Wright Field.

This B-29 was delivered on August 9, 1945, and after the Second World War was assigned to the 509th Bombardment Group stationed at Roswell. After many years on display at Chanute AFB in Illinois, it became part of the collections of the Museum of Nuclear Science in 1993 and was restored in 2015.

This B-29 never saw action in World War II but was used in in support of atomic bomb testing hence the white colour scheme. Painting such aircraft white was done in order to reflect the thermal radiation of the nuclear explosion.

Named after the test pilot who lost his life in a B-29 prototype. 42-24579 was combat damaged in May 1945 soon after being transferred from India to Tinian Island in the Pacific. Airfields in China served as forward bases for raids on Japan for Indian-based B-29 units. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Enola Gay with is original circle arrow tail marking used by the 509th, the atomic bomb unit. This was changed soon after arriving at Tinian to circle R to disguise the unit among other B-29 squadrons. Enola Gay wore the circle R tail markings when it dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. There was no serial displayed on the fin with either markings. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

42-6344 was declared war weary after eight months based in India and returned to the US where it was scrapped in 1949. Location is given as an airfield in China. The USAAF B-29s based in India used forward bases in China to strike Japan. For the 40th Bomb Group which received this aircraft the forward base in China was today's Xinjin airport. The lack of unit markings may signify it was not on a mission when the photo was taken and may be on its delivery flight to India in April 1944. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

42-65286 force landed on Iwo Jima. Flown out. Force landed at Iwo Jima in April and was abandoned until 1946 when it was flown back to US. Ended up as a target on the Aberdeen Proving Ground. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Photo taken in China probably Guanghan Airport which was the forward base for the 444th BG when it was based in India. Aircraft transferred to Tinian in the Marianas Islands on May 1, 1945. Survived war and was scrapped in 1950. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Accident landing back at base after a hydraulic failure. Repaired. Crashed returning to Tinian from a raid on Kobe on June 5, 1945. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

This aircraft completed 65 missions against Japan with the USAAF and 45 more with the USAF in Korea. It was scrapped in 1954. The lack of any markings other than the serial and roundels suggest the aircraft might be between postings or at the end of its career. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Photo shows 44-70048 after the formation of the USAF. It was used as a target tug with the 36th Fighter-Bomber Group, Fürstenfeldbruck, the drogue being deployed from the tail gunner's position. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Pacusan Dreamboat made a couple of significant flights. In December 1945 it broke the transcontinental speed record from Burbank to New York. In October 1946 it flew non-stop from Hawaii to Cairo over the North Pole. This photo may show the crew being honoured in Washington on their return from Cairo but this is not definite. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Photo believed to be at Piardoba which was the Indian base for 768th Bombardment Squadron, 462nd Bombardment Group. The photo shows the aircraft with three bomb symbols, for three missions, and four camels, being the number of times it had flown the "Hump", which was crossing the Himalayas into China. Rush Order survived the war and was scrapped in 1946. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Photo taken in China during the first combat mission for the B-29s in the China-Burma-India theatre. A 40BG aircraft based at Chakulia, India, it would have staged through Xinjin (then known as Hsinching). Each B-29 base in India was paired with a Chinese forward deployment field. 42-6331 was declared war weary and converted to a fuel transport. It was shot down by an RAF Beaufighter over Burma on December 20, 1944. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland