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A Look Inside the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Assembly Plant in Wichita, Kansas

Take a look inside the Boeing B-29 Superfortress assembly plant in Wichita, Kansas. See the immense scope of Boeing-Wichita's mass production job on the world's greatest warplane in this cross-section view of the B-29 Superfortress assembly lines. Learn more about the production process and the women who built the B-17 Flying Fortress.
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Here is a great photo from World War II, showing a fleet of Boeing B-29s being built in the assembly facilities at Wichita, Kansas. This isn’t quite as good as this colorized image of women building the B-17.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress being built at the assembly plant in Wichita, Kansas

Source: Detroit Public Library

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