Douglas XB-19

Douglas XB-19

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Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This one-of-a-kind experimental long range bomber was completed in May 1941, three years late. It flew for the first time on June 27, 1941 and was accepted by the USAAF in June 1942. During the next 18-months, the aircraft was used for tests which provided data for the construction of the Boeing B-29 and Consolidated Vultee B-36. By 1944, the aircraft had outlived its usefulness as a flying laboratory and was converted to a cargo aircraft with four liquid-cooled engines and was redesignated XB-19A. The aircraft was retired in August 1946 and was scrapped in 1949."


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Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This one-of-a-kind experimental long range bomber was completed in May 1941, three years late. It flew for the first time on June 27, 1941 and was accepted by the USAAF in June 1942. During the next 18-months, the aircraft was used for tests which provided data for the construction of the Boeing B-29 and Consolidated Vultee B-36. By 1944, the aircraft had outlived its usefulness as a flying laboratory and was converted to a cargo aircraft with four liquid-cooled engines and was redesignated XB-19A. The aircraft was retired in August 1946 and was scrapped in 1949."