Connie Palacioz, WWII "Rosie the Riveter" and B-29 DOC volunteer, dies at 101 after a lifetime honoring the legacy of B-29 ...

Palacioz often reflected on her role in the wartime effort while speaking with visitors to the aircraft.

Palacioz died April 19 at the age of 101. At 17 and right out of high school, Palacioz went to work for the Boeing Co. in Wichita as a riveter on the B-29 production line. She served from 1943 to 1945 ...

Restoration Specialist Bernie Poppert talks about the restoration and assembly of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay," on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy ...

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Following Labor Day weekend, the Texas Air and Space Museum welcomes the B-29 Superfortress “FIFI” as part of the AirPower History Tour of the Commemorative Air Force. The bomber will be accompanied ...

WICHITA, Kan. — A 15-year effort to turn a discarded World War II bomber into only the second airworthy B-29 Superfortress in the world moved forward, when all four of the plane's engines were fired ...

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