The Great Artiste A B-29 painted to look like The Great Artiste (the original plane was scrapped) at the Whiteman Air Force Base Type Boeing B-29-40-MO Superfortress Manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska Serial 44-27353 In service 20 April 1945 to 3 September 1948 Fate Crashed on take-off at Goose Bay Air Base, Labrador and scrapped