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The First Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Look Homeward Angel" to Land
1945-08-11
The first Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Look Homeward Angel" to land on Bolo Strip, Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. Based at Guam, the plane was returning from a bombing mission over Japan when it was forced down by damage to the #4 engine. (Flak cut the oil line, damaging elevator and stabilizer). 11 August 1945.