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Boeing B-50 Superfortress
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In
1944, Boeing began the Model 345-2, an enhanced capability B-29
Superfortress. In addition to more powerful R-4360 engines
(tested in another B-29 derivative, the XB-44), the B-50
received lighter, stronger wings and landing gear and an increased
area vertical stabilizer. The result was not only improved
performance but a gross weight increase of almost 20 percent.
The new B-50 first flew in 1947. This
aircraft filled the strategic bomber role from the end of World War
II until the introduction of the B-36 Peacemaker.
Converted to in-flight refueling tankers, the KB-50
served in Vietnam into the late 1960s. |
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| Specifications
(B-50A) |
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Designations |
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 | Model 345-2: Boeing designation |
| XB-44: engine testbed |
| B-50: U.S. Air Force bomber |
| DB-50: Launch aircraft for GAM-63 Rascal
missle |
| KB-50: tanker version |
| RB-50: reconnaissance version |
| TB-50: trainer version |
| WB-50: weather reconnaissance |
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