Douglas XB-19

An Illustrated History of America's Would-Be Intercontinental Bomber

By: WILLIAM WOLF

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Hardcover | 28 April 2017

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128 Pages

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27.9 x 21.5 x 2.1

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In 1935, the intent of the Army Air Corps was to build a potential intercontinental bomber, a "Guardian of the Hemisphere"; they granted Donald Douglas a contract to build the world's largest bomber. Over the past 75 years, there have only been a few magazine articles on the gigantic Douglas XB-19 bomber, usually showing it in photos dwarfing the aircraft around it. Since the XB-19 project was top secret and there was only one example, there is little information remaining for researchers.

William Wolf presents this enigmatic bomber, a "Flying Laboratory" that was the precursor to America's first intercontinental bomber, the Continental B-36 Peacemaker. Wolf has used original Douglas and Army Air Force documents and very rare (as few were needed for one bomber) Erection and Maintenance Manuals in this history, which also includes never-seen-before photos and colour profiles. This volume is a must for the aviation historian, enthusiast, and modeller.

About the Author

William Wolf is a retired dentist whose consuming 45-year passion is WWII air combat and aircraft, having over 25,000 books and magazines, 1,000s of downloaded CDs, and three miles of microfilm on WWII in his library.

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