USAF
US AIR FORCE
B-29 “Doc”
WARBIRD

Description

This Limited-Edition barstool features a real life photographic image on a B-29 “Superfortress”, one of 1,644 B-29’s manufactured by the Boeing Aitcraft Company in Wichita, Kansas as a B-29 Superfortress. The “B” stands for bomber in the US Army Air Force designation system, making it the B-29 not an N-29. The B-29 was a famous, advanced four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber used by the United States during World War II, known for its pressurized crew compartments and its role in the Pacific theater. In March of 1945, B-29 No. 44-69972 (now known as Doc) was delivered to the U.S. Army.  About five months later another B-29 was used to drop two atomic bombs on Japan, eventually leading to Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II. In July of 1951, Doc was assigned to radar calibration duty, along with a few other B-29s. The squadron was known as the Seven Dwarfs. In May of 1955, Doc was assigned to target-towing duty and in March a year later, Doc and the rest of its squadron became targets for bomb training at China Lake, California. After more than a decade of contacting multiple government agencies and working with volunteers in the China Lake area, Tony took possession of the once target practice plane. A few months later in April of 1998, Tony and his team of volunteers towed Doc out of its 42 year resting place on the floor of the Mojave Desert. After arranging for an inspection by an expert on aging Boeing aircraft, Mazzolini realized it would take extensive resources and specific expertise to return the Doc to flying condition. So the B-29 returned to Wichita in sections on flatbed trailers in May of 2000. Volunteers began the process of reassembling the B-29 and drew up plans to restore the historic warbird which was now sitting a few hundred feet from where it first rolled off the Boeing-Wichita assembly line some 50+ years before. Dedicated volunteers spent countless hours in the early stages of restoring the historic plane. On July 17, 2016, Doc returned to the air as a fully restored and operational N-29 Superfortress. Doc is one of only 2 operational Superfortress airplanes operating today (2026). Doc’s mission is to operate as a flying museum to honor the men and women who designed, built, flew and maintained B-29 Superfortresses during World War II. We need your help to make it happen. Whether it’s operating costs directly related to flying Doc (by the way, that’s about $4,500 per flight hour in fuel and oil alone!), or it’s the cost of maintenance for our warbird (about $1,500 per flight hour), along with the cost of keeping the B-29 Doc Hangar, Education and Visitors Center open to the public, the need is great to keep our mission alive.

Doc’s Friends, Inc., is a registered 501(3)c not-for-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible.

You can contact Doc’s Friends, Inc. at…

Doc’s Friends
PO Box 771089
Wichita, KS 67277