R-3350 maintenance at Kadena 1950
Maintenance on a Wright R-3350 engine of a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa (Japan). Original caption: "Cpl. John J. Green, 19, mechanic from Eugene, Oregon, looks into the powerful engine as Cpl. Robert L. Cover, 22, airplane mechanic, of Joplin, Missouri (right) helps from the outside as the two men change a turbo-supercharger on a Boeing B-29 Superfort at an Air Force base in Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto., ca. 09/12/1950"
- Date
- 1950-09-12
- Photographer / author
- USAF, photo 342-AF-77514AC
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 2,949 × 2,197 pixels
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