Was the B29-Superfortress a Failure?

Get a 50% discount on your MyHeritage subscription by using the following link https://bit.ly/CuriousDroid Although the B-29 Superfortress was the most advanced propeller-driven bomber of WW2, it also was a rush job to get into production as the war in the Pacific intensified. This opened it up to mistakes in lots of areas, but in particular, the Curtis-Wright R-3350 engines, which caused the death of one of the world's top test pilots and his crew during prototype testing and many other crews during operations, an issue that wasn't fully resolved until after the war. Was the B-29 a failure? We look at the issues and what was done to fix them. To give one off tips and donations please use the following : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/curiousdroid or paypal.me/curiousdroid Written, researched and presented by Paul Shillito Images and footage : Boeing, Consolidated Aircraft ,NACA, USAAC, US DoD And a big thanks go to all our Patreons :-) Eριχθόνιος JL Adriaan_von_Grobbe Alex K Alipasha Sadri Andrew Gaess Andrew Smith Bengtstromberg Brian Kelly Carl Soderstrom Charles Thacker Collin Copfer Daniel Armer erik ahrsjo Florian Müller George Bishop II Glenn Dickinson inunotaisho Jesse Postier John & Becki Johnston John Zelinka Jonathan Travers Ken Schwarz L D László Antal Lorne Diebel Mark Heslop Matti J Malkia Patrick M Brennan Paul Freed Paul Shutler Peter Engrav Robert Sanges Ryan Emmenegger SHAMIR stefan hufenbach Steve Ehrmann Steve J - LakeCountySpacePort tesaft Tim Alberstein Tyron Muenzer Will Lowe