The b 29 was gold, frankincense and murr if the bammer mafia were the three wise men, they would have brought the b 29 to the baby jesus. Midway through the war, the pilots and airmen begin to chart a whole new course. They're the only part of the military entirely born of the twentieth century. The airplane was absent within aircourse circles for many reasons. Perhaps the foremost reason was the psychological attachment of the airman to his machine. It was what carried him miles behind enemy lines and brought him back.