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 • Dec. 12, 2025

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 • Mar. 10, 2025

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 • Oct. 8, 2024

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 • Feb. 23, 2024

The flights our new Boeing B-29 bomber planes were now making from the Marianas Islands to Japan and back were very long.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac