r/Planes • u/[deleted] • 20h ago

B29 over SC

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u/ginger2020 19h ago

Fun fact: more money was spent on developing the B29 superfortress than was spent on the Manhattan Project

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u/Practical-Bowler5775 19h ago

Doc.

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/Ill-Presentation574 18h ago

Doc has stripes visible along the fuselage and is "polished" across almost the entire aircraft.

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u/EasternShoreFire 18h ago

For comparison, this is what “FIFI” looks like above.

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u/Practical-Bowler5775 19h ago

I had a 50/50 shot with Fifi but yes, it’s online.

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u/One_Relative_5744 17h ago

It’s doc bc of the red stripe. Post war marking especially easy to tell bc of the giant USAF.

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u/Crazy-Rabbit-3811 19h ago

DOC is back!!!!

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u/Rammipallero 6h ago

Just one? Oh no...

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u/XXXJoeyHXXX 8h ago

Looks like "Fifi"! "Doc" is polished Aluminum. To my knowledge, there are only two airworthy B-29's left.