B-29 Airplane Commander Training Manual in ColorThe Boeing B 29 was one of the most sophisticated aircraft of WWII. It featured many innovations including guns that could be fired by remote control and pressurized crew compartments. It was also the heaviest production plane of the war, with terrific range and bomb carrying capabilities. Carrying a crew of ten, the Superfortress devastated Japan in a series of raids in 1944 45. Finally, in August of 1945, the B 29s "Enola Gay" and "Bock's Car"