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
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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: 111
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