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WWII Boeing B29 quotSuperfortressquot Bomber APU First Engine Start in 30 Years
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The Little Engine That Could - WWII Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber APU first engine start in 30 years! The Heroes We Needed: The B-29ers Who Ended World War II and My Fight to Save the Forgotten Stories of the Greatest Generation is available now on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Heroes-We-Need... • Featuring 85 photos and countless stories about the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber crews and their relentless bombing campaign that brought the Japanese Empire to its knees and ended World War II without the need for a bloody invasion of Japan's home islands, The Heroes We Needed is a riveting saga of sacrifice and salvation that finally tells the forgotten stories of these brave American airmen whose sacrifices saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and by some estimates, millions of Japanese. • For more information about the book, visit my website at https://www.TrevorMcIntyre.com and follow me on Facebook at / theheroesweneeded • This Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), or Putt-Putt, as it was called by the crews, was used in the B-29 to provide electrical power during ground operations, in emergencies, and to supplement the six engine-driven generators during takeoffs and landings. The engine itself is an Andover V-32 (air-cooled, 4-stroke V-twin) rated at 10 horsepower, but it can produce up to 15 horsepower in emergencies. The V-32 engine drives a 200 amp, 28.5 volt Eclipse Type P-2 generator to supply power to the aircraft's electrical system. Together with the engine and generator, etc, the complete assembly forms the Type D-2 Auxiliary Power Unit. • The V-32 engines were produced by a couple of manufactures during the war, and this particular example in the video was built by Ranger. These APU's were also used in a number of post-war aircraft such as the Fairchild C-123, and were quite popular on the surplus market for conversion into welders. • The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was the most advanced bomber of World War II. Capable of carrying up to 20,000 pounds of bombs, far exceeding the bomb load of the smaller B-17 and B-24, the B-29 could fly higher, farther, and faster than any other bomber in the world. When the U.S. Army Air Corps awarded the first contract to Boeing in 1941, the B-29 went from the drawing board to a flying prototype in 16 months, to the first production model in 9 months, and just 11 months later, B-29s were dropping bombs on Japan. By the time the Japanese surrendered in August of 1945, over 1,000 B-29s were operating against Japan from their bases in the Mariana Islands.
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