Boeing XB-44 Superfortress

The Boeing XB-44 Superfortress was a United States B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft upgraded with Pratt & Whitney R-4360-33 Wasp Major radial engines of 3 000 horsepower (2 200 kW) takeoff rating in place of the production engines rated at 2 200 hp (1 600 kW) takeoff rating.

Made by Boeing.

It is the successor of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress .

Developed From
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Developed Into
Boeing B-50 Superfortress
Predecessor
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Lists
* List of bomber aircraft* List of military aircraft of the United States
Manufacturer
Boeing
Similar Aircraft
* XB-38 Flying Fortress
Related
* B-29 Superfortress* XB-39 Superfortress* B-50 Superfortress
First Flight
May 1945
Category
Boeing aircraft
United States bomber aircraft 1940-1949
United States experimental aircraft 1940-1949

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