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He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and a twin-engined bomber pilot and assigned to Williams Field in Arizona in October 1942. [78] [79] [80] In April 1943, an Army bomber piloted by Harmon, and nicknamed "Old 98" after Harmon's football jersey number, crashed into the South American jungle while en route to North Africa.
Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber: 1935 retired 1946: 350: Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber: 1931 retired prototype: 8: Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber: 1929 retired prototype: 7: Great Lakes BG dive bomber: 1933 retired 1941: 61: Huff-Daland XB-1 heavy bomber: 1927 retired prototype: 1: Keystone B-3 light bomber: 1929 retired 1940: 36: Keystone B-4 heavy ...
The Kawasaki Ki-32 (九八式軽爆撃機, Kyuhachi-shiki keibakugekiki, lit. ' 'Type 98 light bomber' ') was a Japanese light bomber aircraft of World War II.It was a single-engine, two-seat, mid-wing, cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage.
Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface ... De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito: UK: Fighter bomber: 1940: Operational: 7,781 [notes 3] de ...
The basic design of the Tu-98 had a great influence on the subsequent prototype of the Tupolev Tu-28 interceptor, officially known as the Tu-128 (NATO codename 'Fiddler'). [2] The Tu-98 was a supersonic bomber developed by OKB-156, designed as a replacement for the Tu-16. Work on the prototype began on the basis of the Resolution of the USSR ...
DH.98 Mosquito: 25 November 1940 Twin-engine fighter and bomber DH.99 Not built Original all-metal proposal for a twin-boom jet fighter which, in composite wood-and-metal form, became the DH.100. [2] Design study for a Napier Sabre-powered twin-engine fast bomber derivative, developed into DH.101 concept. Number later allocated to a light ...
98th Bombardment Wing, 10 November 1947 – 16 June 1952 (attached to 92d Bombardment Wing, 10 November 1947 – 24 August 1948, 10 December 1948 – 16 May 1949, 18 August 1949 – 15 April 1950; 32d Composite Wing, c. 25 August – 10 December 1948; 3d Air Division, 17 May – 17 August 1949; Far East Air Forces Bomber Command [Provisional ...
In 1947 the top of the line Custom Cruiser 98 again had three body styles. This was the last year for the 98 1942 prewar body. All 98s had the straight eight engine. Standard 98 equipment included safety glass, spare wheel and tire, dual horns, vacuum booster pump, cigarette lighter, and a solenoid starter system. Upholstery was either custom ...