Static Silverplate B-29 Superfortress honors 509th CG heritage

A B-29 Superfortress painted to commemorate “The Great Artiste”, a silverplate B-29 with the 509th Composite Group, sits as a static display on August 6, 2019, at the Spirit Gate at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The Great Artiste participated in both the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 74 years prior, providing weather and documentation of the bombings. The aircraft was lost in a crash landing in 1949 in Labrador, Canada. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Parker J. McCauley)

PHOTO BY: Airman 1st Class Parker J. McCauley

VIRIN: 190806-F-SG855-1008.JPG

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NIKON D810

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24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8

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SHUTTERSPEED

1/250

ISO

100

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