How much does a B-29 cost?

How much does a B-29 cost?

The $3 billion cost of design and production (equivalent to $43 billion today), far exceeding the $1.9 billion cost of the Manhattan Project, made the B-29 program the most expensive of the war….Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

B-29 Superfortress
Developed into	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Tupolev Tu-4

How many guns does a B-29 have?

It was armed with 10 . 50-calibre machine guns and one 20-mm cannon, four of the gun turrets being operated by remote control from any of five sighting stations. Its bomb capacity was 10 tons, and the crew varied from 10 to 14.

How many B-29s were shot down over Japan?

On March 10, 1945, flying in darkness at low altitudes, more than 300 B-29s dropped close to a quarter of a million incendiary bombs over Tokyo. LeMay’s gamble was successful. Perhaps as many as 100,000 Japanese were dead, almost 16 square miles of the city destroyed, and a million people homeless.

Why was the B-29 so expensive?

The advances were startling and included the following: a huge new airframe that was a total departure from previous Boeing practice; new engines that had to go through a long and costly development process before they became even remotely reliable; new propellers that gave almost as much difficulty as the engines; a …

How much did a b17 cost?

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

B-17 Flying Fortress
Primary users	United States Army Air Forces Royal Air Force
Produced	1936–1945
Number built	12,731
Unit cost	US$238,329 (1945) US$2.6 million (in 2016 dollars)

Were any B 29s used in Europe?

By the time the B-29 was operational, it was of little use in Europe. The B-29 was designed as a high-altitude long-range bomber. High altitude bombing at the time meant area bombing, and after Dresden that kind of bombing of European cities was politically unpopular.