Footage from the rear gunner compartment and tail gun turret of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Fifi” in flight, and the rest of the aircraft on the ground. Great sound-volume up!
Thanks so much. It's great to see filming from the rear. I was in the front. We flew out of Schenectady N.Y.. My dad piloted the B-29s from the Philippines into the Japanese mainland.
I toured FiFi in 2014 when she came into KOLM (Olympia WA). I was amazed at the "tunnel" from the foreward to aft section of the plane. Not much room to scoot thru if you were a bit chubby like me!
I had the opportunity to see Fifi at Spokane's Geiger field many years ago. No one was allowed in the aft compartment, but we did get to climb up into the forward compartment. All seats were taken so I only got to sit at the flight engineer's station. That was very interesting all in itself. Can you imagine sitting in those seats for a 12-hour bombing mission? Then, there was the incredible noise on the flight line as a wing of bombers began starting engines and taxiing to the runway.
We got to watch her last weekend at the Reading World War 2 weekend, lord I knew she was big but I was in ahh at how well she flew and to think at war time seeing 40 50 even 60 of these, plus B17, 24s taking off just impressive.
Had an opportunity to fly with the CAF a couple of years ago. Brought back a lot of memories. .Probably would have been better with less talking in the background
Everything shakes in a B29 in flight and I was crawling through openings the size of a trash can. Make a video in a flying B29 with stable camera work at all times, and I’ll respect your criticism.
