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United States aircraft of the 1940s; Military: Anti-submarine aircraft • Attack • Bomber • Electronic warfare • Experimental • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Trainer • Transport • Utility
The 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.
Civil aircraft of the 1940s. Agricultural • Cargo • Mailplanes • Sailplanes • Sports • Trainer • Utility Military aircraft of the 1940s. Anti-submarine • Attack • Bomber • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Tanker • Trainer • Transport • Utility Miscellaneous aircraft of the 1940s
The two YB-49s built were both converted YB-35 test aircraft. The YB-49 never entered production, being passed over in favor of the more conventional Convair B-36 piston-driven design. Design work performed in the development of the YB-35 and YB-49 nonetheless proved to be valuable to Northrop decades later in the eventual development of the B ...
Aircraft of the 1940s by country ... 1940s United States bomber aircraft (2 C, 46 P, 1 F) C. 1940s United States cargo aircraft (1 P) E.
North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber: 1940: retired 1979: 9,984: North American XB-28 medium bomber: 1942: retired prototype: 2: Northrop N-3PB patrol bomber: 1940: retired 1943: 24: Republic P-47 fighter-bomber: 1941: retired 1966: 15,678 [notes 2] Vought F4U Corsair fighter-bomber: 1940: retired 1979: 12,571: Vought SB2U Vindicator ...
The Convair XB-46 was a single example of an experimental medium jet bomber which was developed in the mid-1940s but which never saw production or active duty. It competed with similar designs, the North American XB-45 and Martin XB-48, all of which saw little use after the successful development of the Boeing XB-47.
Douglas Aircraft was keen to mass-produce the new bomber and the USAAF considered ordering 50. The company was poised to roll out as many as 200 B-43s per month in two versions: a bomber equipped with a clear plastic nose for the bombardier, and an attack aircraft without the clear nose and bombing station but carrying 16 forward-firing .50 in ...