B-29

American  

[bee-twen-tee-nahyn] / ˈbiˌtwɛn tiˈnaɪn /

noun

U.S. Military.

plural

B-29's

1. a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.

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Etymology

Origin of B-29

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Germany’s failed heavy-bomber program in World War II was probably more expensive than its entire tank production, while America’s B-29 Superfortress project consumed more resources than the development of the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal

The name was not a reference to homosexuality, but was given to the B-29 bomber by the pilot in honor of his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets.

From Salon

Seventy years earlier, the Enola Gay — the B-29 super fortress that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan — was built inside these walls.

From Los Angeles Times

“We weren’t doing it for honors and awards. We were doing it to save our country. And we ended up helping save the world,” said 98-year-old Anna Mae Krier, who worked as a riveter building B-17 and B-29 bombers.

From Seattle Times

Despite the cloudiness of the crystal caused by the blast, the watch’s hands remain halted at 8:15 AM — the moment when the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the ‘Little Boy’ atomic bomb.

From Seattle Times