Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Sweet Eloise" (Marietta, Georgia)
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Serial Number: 44-70113
Code: Z-58
Construction Number: 10945
"Sweet Eloise" is a B-29 that carried out 27 successful bombing missions over Japan as part of the 73rd Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force. Restored in 1994 by the Marietta B-29 Association, she now stands as Gate Guard over the former Marietta Army Airfield, where she and 668 other B-29's were built at the Bell/Martin Defense Plant Corporation Plant #6.
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Code: Z-58
Construction Number: 10945
"Sweet Eloise" is a B-29 that carried out 27 successful bombing missions over Japan as part of the 73rd Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force. Restored in 1994 by the Marietta B-29 Association, she now stands as Gate Guard over the former Marietta Army Airfield, where she and 668 other B-29's were built at the Bell/Martin Defense Plant Corporation Plant #6.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress
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Coordinates: 33°55'14"N 84°30'16"W
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