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<p>David Fisher Sr., left, and Charles Chauncey, both World War II veterans who flew many missions in B-29 bombers, talk in front of the B-29 bomber "Fifi" before they board for a flight from Baton Rouge, La., to New Orleans, Thursday. The bomber will spend the weekend at the World War II AirPower Expo put on by the Commemorative Air Force and the National World War II Museum.</p>

<p>David Fisher Sr., left, and Charles Chauncey, both World War II veterans who flew many missions in B-29 bombers, talk in front of the B-29 bomber "Fifi" before they board for a flight from Baton Rouge, La., to New Orleans, Thursday. The bomber will spend the weekend at the World War II AirPower Expo put on by the Commemorative Air Force and the National World War II Museum.</p>

October 25, 2014

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World War II airmen fly again in storied B-29
October 25, 2014 9 p.m.

World War II airmen fly again in storied B-29

BATON ROUGE, La. - The bomber best known for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan also flew countless other raids. Karnig Thomasian's final mission on a B-29 Superfortress ended in flames when bombs collided and exploded in the air over Burma in 1945.