A Junkers Ju 90 of Lufttransportstaffel 290 turns for land as it comes under attack from a Martin Marauder piloted by Wing Commander W S G Maydwell, the Commanding Officer of No. 14 Squadron RAF, off of Bastia, Corsica - July 1943
Maydwell and his crew, who had taken off from Protville, Tunisia, on a low-level reconnaissance sortie over the Tyrrhenian Sea, continued to attack the Ju 90 until they were shot at by AA guns on Corsica and forced to break off. The Ju 90 crashed in the water off of Bastia.
The wreckage of this Ju 90 was filmed in 2016
Only 18 Ju 90’s were produced
IWM - No. 14 Squadron RAF Photographer
From The Marin Independent Journal: "In 1977, the water pipeline installed on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in Marin County (California), rescued the residents of the county, bringing millions of gallons of water across the bridge until the wet winter of 1977-78 brought relief from drought." (Marin Independent Journal photo)
Virginia City, Montana is one of the West's richest and most notorious historic gold camps. In the five years after the first gold discovery an estimated $30-$40 million in gold was recovered here. Also abundant were the murders by road agents, with around 100 travelers killed between 1863 and 1864.
Manufactured by Boeing Aircraft at Wichita, Kansas and delivered to the United States Army Air Force in March 1945, the B-29 Superfortress 44-69972 was sent to Birmingham, Alabama for its first major modification. In May 1945, it was assigned to the Third Air Force. One year later, it was placed in storage at Pyote Army Air Force Base, Texas, where numerous B-29s were housed between WWII and 1950.
The aircraft was pulled out and readied for action in the Korean War. It was modified for Radar Calibration and flew Radar Defense Evaluation Flights on the East Coast of the United States from July 1951 until February 1955. Later, the 17th Tow Target Squadron received the B-29 and converted it to a Tow Target aircraft for the Air Defense Command, Yuma County Air Force Base, Arizona.
For its final mission, B-29 Superfortress 44-69972 was transferred from the United States Air Force to the United States Naval Weapons Center, China Lake Naval Air Station, Ridgecrest, California, 14 March 1956, to be used as a ballistic missile target for air combat training.
In 1987, an army of volunteers led by Tony Mazzolini and backed by the United States Aviation Museum mobilized their forces for a incredible mission -- recovering a World War II B-29 Superfortress Bomber and restoring it to flying condition.
The aircraft was the last remaining B-29 available for restoration. This B-29 had spent 42 years exposed to the elements of the desert on China Lake's electronic warfare range. It had survived intact, unlike its sister ships, which were used for ballistic missile drone and ground targets.
In 2000, the B-29 made its way to Wichita for restoration. Volunteers in Wichita, Kansas have now brought the massive airplane close to completion and are getting ready to return the bomber to the skies.
On July 18, 2016, the B-29 known as Doc took to the sky for the first time since 1956. The bomber now tours the United States as a flying museum, and along with 'FIFI' is one of only two airworthy B-29s on the planet.