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039553 - WARPAINT SERIES - VOL 143 - Boeing B-29 and B-50 Superfortress by Kev Darling

WARPAINT SERIES 143 - By Dev Darling

Having launched the signature bomber for use in the European Theatre, Boeing embarked on a voyage into the unknown. Bringing together numerous untried technologies the Boeing Aircraft Company launched its most significant bomber, the B-29 Superfortress. Although beset by development problems and having suffered the loss of the prototype and its Chief Test Pilot Eddie Allan, the company pushed on to create the first long-range strategic bombers.

Once the Pacific Islands had been captured the B-29 Bomb Groups began bombing raids on the Japanese Home Islands. On the other side of the Himalayas further bomb groups launched attacks against targets in Japan. As combat experience grew the focus turned to destroying as much as possible of its production facilities, mainly by firebombing areas known to have these targets. And then the world changed forever. The use of two atom bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki had shown the power of the atom. When the Japanese finally surrendered the Cold War arrived to take its place. War in Korea followed, being the swan song for the B-29 while its younger sibling, the B-50, assumed the mantle of Strategic Defence, a position it held until the B-47 Stratojet arrived.

One of the largest aircraft of World War II, the B-29 remained in service in various roles throughout the 1950s, being retired in the early 1960s after 3,970 had been built. The Royal Air Force flew the B-29 with the service name ‘Washington from 1950 to 1954’ while the re-engined B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II became the first aircraft to fly around the world non-stop, during a 94-hour flight in 1949. The Soviet Union produced 847 Tupolev Tu-4s, an unlicensed reverse-engineered copy of the B-29. This latest in the essential Warpaint series offers a comprehensive look at the famous bomber in all its guises, with history, development, service details, and colour artwork and scale plans by Sam Pearson.

Boeing B-29 and B-50 Superfortress – 120 pages * £25.00 * over 12 pages Colour Profiles * 300+ Images *detailed plans*

* Complete and detailed history

* Scale plans

* In detail pictures

* Pages of superb colour camouflage drawings and photography

* Complete production list

* Squadrons, units and individual aircraft serials and codes

* Comprehensive specification

NB:  Please contact me if you would like a list of all titles in the series.  I'm not sure if all issues are available.

Warpaint Series in general covers the following detail:-

 Complete and detailed history 

* 1:72nd scale plan 

* In detail pictures 

* Kit, decal and accessory list 

* Pages of superb colour camouflage drawings, colour, and black and white photography 

* Complete production list 

* Squadrons, units and individual aircraft serials and codes 

* Comprehensive specification 

Latest editions below – please contact us for a full up-to-date listing.

039427  De Havilland Vampire  £17.50 (Re-Release)

039498  Avro York  £17.00

039499  McDonnell F3H Demon  £17.00

039500  Republic F-84F Thunderstreak and RF-84F Thunderflash  £19.50

039511  De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth  £15.50

039512  Convair B-36 Peacemaker  £16.00

039513  Avro Manchester   £15.00

039514  General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark & EF-111A Raven  £23.00

039515  Sopwith Pup   £14.00

039516  Sikorsky S-55/H19 Chickasaw & Westland Whirlwind   £18.50

039517  Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik   £15.00

039518  Martin Mariner and Marlin   £16.50

039519  Douglas C-54/R5D Skymaster and DC-4   £20.50

039520  Westland Scout and Wasp  £16.00

039521  Vought OS2U Kingfisher  £15.50

039522  Douglas A3D Skywarrior  £20.00

039523  Panavia Tornado ADV  £17.00

039524  USN, USMC, RAF F-4J (UK) Phantom II   £25.00

039525  Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle   £14.00

039526  Hawker Fury and Nimrod  £17.00

039527  Douglas F4D/F-G Skyray & F5D Lancer  £15.00

039528  NAA B-45 Tornado   £16.00

039529  Grumman F9F Panther   £16.00

039530  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15   £17.00  

039531  Douglas A-4 Skyhawk  £26.00  

039532  Albatros D-I to D-III by Dave Hooper   £16.00

039533  De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk by Adrian M Balch   £15.00

039534  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 by Nikolay Yakubovich   £17.00

039535  Bristol Britannia: CP-107 Argus & CP-106 Yukon   £17.00

039536  Grumman F-14 Tomcat by Charles Stafrace   £26.00

039537 Cessna T-37 A/B/C 'Tweet' and the A-37 A/B 'Dragonfly'   £21.00

039538  Bristol Scout by Matthew Willis   £15.00

039539  Mikoyan-Gurevick MiG-3, £18.00

039540  Ilyushin Il-28   £18.00

039541  The Auster   £18.00

039542  Boeing B-52 A-F Stratofortress   £25.00

039543 Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota in Worldwide Military Service   £25.00

039544 Aero L-29 Delfin   £21.00

039545  De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide and Dominie, £17.00

039546  Airspeed Oxford & Consul   £18.00

039547 Douglas SBD-Dauntless, £28.00 

039548  Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, £18.00

039549  De Havilland (Canada) DHC-2 Beaver, £18.00

039550  North-American OV-10 Bronco, £28.00

039551  Vickers, Valetta & Varsity in Military Service, £19.00

039552  Dassault Mirage F1, £19.00

039553  Boeing B-29 and B-50 Superfortress, £25.00

WARPAINT SPECIALS:-

039001 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, £19.50

039002 Messerschmitt Bf109, £26.50

039003 De Havilland Mosquito, £26.00

039004 Cessna Bird Dog, £11.99

039005 North American Aviation P-51 Mustang and Derivatives, £23.00

039030 Warpaint Classic 1: Sepecat Jaguar, £20.00