Registration / Serial: | WW353 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing B-29/B-50 Superfortress |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-29A Washington B1 |
C/n (msn): | 11526 |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Woomera (YPWR / UMR)Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 720536Submit Correction |
View count: | 202 |
The RAAF received two RAF B-29s for use during nuclear weapons testing in Australia. WW353, which was allocated the serial A76-1 (never applied), did most of the flying while WW354 (A76-2) was held in reserve. Both were scrapped, WW353 at Tocumwal, NSW, in 1962. It had been sold in 1956 for scrap by the RAF, which had taken back the aircraft. A private attempt in 1957 to sell it as a flyable aircraft came to nought. A third B-29 for the RAAF, WW349, was damaged in the UK and never arrived. Photo from: National Archives of Australia
Registration / Serial: | WW353 |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-29A Washington B1 |
C/n (msn): | 11526 |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Woomera (YPWR / UMR)Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | WW353 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing B-29/B-50 Superfortress |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-29A Washington B1 |
C/n (msn): | 11526 |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Woomera (YPWR / UMR)Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 720536Submit Correction |
View count: | 202 |
The RAAF received two RAF B-29s for use during nuclear weapons testing in Australia. WW353, which was allocated the serial A76-1 (never applied), did most of the flying while WW354 (A76-2) was held in reserve. Both were scrapped, WW353 at Tocumwal, NSW, in 1962. It had been sold in 1956 for scrap by the RAF, which had taken back the aircraft. A private attempt in 1957 to sell it as a flyable aircraft came to nought. A third B-29 for the RAAF, WW349, was damaged in the UK and never arrived. Photo from: National Archives of Australia
Registration / Serial: | WW353 |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-29A Washington B1 |
C/n (msn): | 11526 |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Woomera (YPWR / UMR)Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |