Boeing TB-29J Superfortress, 44-70016 / 10848, Pima Air & Space Museum
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Registration: 44-70016
Construction Number: 10848
Code Number: K-40 / 'Quaker City' / 'Sentimental Journey'
Model Boeing TB-29J Superfortress
Operator: Pima Air & Space Museum
Airport: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum, USA - Arizona
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 13/05/1993
Date Submitted: 11/07/2009
Photographed while still displayed outside at Pima. This B-29 served with the 330th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force from Guam and flew 31 combat missions against Imperial Japan in World War II. Postwar, she saw service with the 4713th Radar Evaluation Electronics Countermeasures Flight and carried the Disney name Dopey. After retirement she was put on display at the main gate of Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona. Over the years, the aircraft's condition deteriorated and the base was going to scrap the aircraft. A suggestion was made to donate her to the newly formed Pima Air Museum behind the base. The aircraft has since been fully restored by a very dedicated group of volunteers and is now located inside Hangar 4. She is displayed at Pima courtesy of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Picture ID:1182289