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The Lockheed XB-30 (company model L-249) [1] was the design submitted by Lockheed after the request by the United States Army Air Forces for a very heavy bomber, the same request that led to the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the Douglas XB-31 and Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
XB-32-CO 41-142 on 28 February 1944. On 17 March 1943, the initial contract was signed for 300 B-32-CFs but development problems continued. On 10 May 1943, the first XB-32 crashed on takeoff after making a total of 30 flights before the second XB-32, s/n 41-142, finally flew on 2 July 1943. This aircraft had a traditional stepped cockpit canopy.
Martin XB-27 heavy bomber: n/a: abandoned project: 0: Martin XB-33 Super Marauder heavy bomber: n/a: abandoned project: 0: Naval Aircraft Factory SBN dive bomber: 1936: retired 1942: 31: North American A-27 attack: 1940: retired 1941: 10: North American T-6 Texan light attack: 1940: retired: 15,495 [notes 4] North American XB-21 medium bomber ...
The plane crashed approximately 10 minutes after takeoff
The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mi (8,000 km) range. For a year beginning in mid-1935 it was designated the XBLR-1. When it first flew in 1937, it was the most massive and ...
Video of the crash shows rush out of the way as the small blue and white Piper Cherokee Arrow airplane skidded on the ground near a parking lot and hit the exterior wall of a golf pro shop ...
The XB-42 was developed initially as a private venture; an unsolicited proposal was presented to the United States Army Air Forces in May 1943. This resulted in an Air Force contract for two prototypes and one static test airframe, the USAAF seeing an intriguing possibility of finding a bomber capable of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress's range without its size or cost.
The Douglas XB-19 was a four-engined, piston-driven heavy bomber produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the early 1940s. The design was originally given the designation XBLR-2 ( XBLR denoting "Experimental Bomber, Long Range").