Tag: bomber
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Nose Art Page 4
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Nose Art Page 4 Tiger Girl Boeing B-17F-75-DL s/n 42-3555 Tiger Girl of the 8th Air Force, 388th Bomb Group, 560th BS, England, 1944 Toots Boeing B-17F s/n 42-29606 Toots Two Beauts Two Beauts Boeing B-17F-60-BO 42-29573 was delivered at Denver on 6/1/43. It was assigned to the 358 Bomber Squadron… Read more
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Blackburn Botha
Blackburn Botha The Blackburn Botha was a four-seat torpedo bomber built for the British Royal Air Force. Service testing showed that it was under-powered and had poor visibility. Consequently it was only used operationally by 608 Squadron before being withdrawn and used for training. Read more
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Douglas XB-19
Douglas XB-19 The Douglas XB-19 project was intended to test flight characteristics and design techniques for giant bombers. Despite advances in technology that made the XB-19 obsolete before it was completed, the Army Air Corps believed the prototype would be useful for testing despite Douglas Aircraft wanting to cancel the expensive project. Its construction took… Read more