Forgotten History: RAF Washington B.1 Britain’s B-29 Superfortress

When one thinks of heavy bombers of Great Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War and the early Cold War, chances are that person thinks of that island nation’s homegrown Avro Lancaster and Handley Page Halifax (both propeller-driven), and the Avro Vulcan and English Electric Canberra (both jet-powered), not the American-made Boeing B-29 Superfortress.