Editing Boeing B-29 Superfortress (section)

====B-29s in Europe and Australia====
[[File:Boeing B-29A Washington B.1 WF502 90 Sqn Hooton 20.09.52 edited-2.jpg|thumb|Royal Air Force Washington B.1 of [[No. 90 Squadron RAF]] based at [[RAF Marham]]]]

Although considered for other theaters, and briefly evaluated in the UK, the B-29 was exclusively used in World War II in the [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater|Pacific Theatre]]. The use of YB-29-BW ''41-36393'', the so-named ''Hobo Queen'', one of the service test aircraft flown around several British airfields in early 1944,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/b-29-superfortress-visit-to-glatton/|title=B-29 Superfortress visit to Glatton|date=29 May 2019}}</ref> was part of a "disinformation" program from its mention in an American-published [[:de:Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten|''Sternenbanner'']] German-language propaganda leaflet from [[Leap Year Day]] in 1944, meant to be circulated within the Reich,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://384thbombgroup.com/WinJack3/wwII-sternenbanner_1.html|title=Der Sternenbanner_1 (Photo 1)|website=384thbombgroup.com}}</ref> with the intent to deceive the Germans into believing that the B-29 would be deployed to Europe.<ref name="Bowers Boeing p323"/>

American post-war military assistance programs loaned the RAF 87 Superfortresses, to equip eight [[RAF Bomber Command]] squadrons. The aircraft was known as the '''Washington B.1''' in RAF service and served from March 1950 until the last bombers were returned in March 1954.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wynn |first1=Humphrey |title=The Bomber Role 1945-1970 |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/units/air-historical-branch/regional-studies-post-coldwar-narratives/the-bomber-role-1945-1970/ |publisher=Air Historical Branch, UK Ministry of Defence |access-date=31 October 2023 |pages=3–5}}</ref> Deployment was restricted to long-range training for strategic attacks against the Soviet Union, which was beyond the range of the RAF's [[Avro Lincoln]]s. The phase-out was occasioned by deliveries of the [[English Electric Canberra]] bombers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Agenda for Seventh NATO C–E Board Meeting |url=https://archives.nato.int/agenda-for-seventh-nato-c-e-board-meeting |publisher=[[NATO]] |pages=4–5 |date=17 March 1959}}</ref>

Three Washingtons modified for [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]] duties and a standard bomber version used for support by [[No. 192 Squadron RAF]] were decommissioned in 1958, being replaced by [[de Havilland Comet]] aircraft.

Two British Washington B.1 aircraft were transferred to the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF) in 1952.<ref name="Wilson">{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=Stewart|title=Military Aircraft of Australia|date=1994|publisher=Aerospace Publications|location=Weston Creek, Australia|isbn=978-1875671083|pages=216}}</ref> They were attached to the [[Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF|Aircraft Research and Development Unit]] and used in trials conducted on behalf of the British [[Ministry of Supply]].<ref name="Wilson" /> Both aircraft were placed in storage in 1956 and were sold for scrap in 1957.<ref name="RAAF Aircraft">[http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/aircraft/series2/A76.htm "A76: Boeing Washington."] ''RAAF Museum.'' Retrieved: 28 January 2012.</ref>