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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
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| Base model: | B-19 | ||
| Designation: | XB-19 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Bomber | ||
| Status: | Experimental | ||
Specifications
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Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Paul King George, VA | EBAY will be offering a collection of old miltary planes and ships along with some other very interesting pictures.
Include, I think are 2 unique pictures of the 19. I think they were colected by Les Statton. http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/antiquesatladysmith_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZ 06/23/2009 @ 17:18 [ref: 24260] |
| Doc H. indianapolis, IN | I was just looking at the large photograph my Dad has framed of the B-19...my Granpa was one of its pilots on its flight to Wright-Patterson. We were discussing it just today, wondering if it's still in Mississippi or in a boneyard somewhere. Grandpa served with aviation pioneers; he was chosen as a crewmember for the Question Mark, trained British pilots to fly B-17s, and knew EVERYONE in aviation from WWI Expeditionary Forces until he retired after 31.5 years in the Army/Air Corps/Air Force. 04/03/2009 @ 15:30 [ref: 24065] |
| Ellis Bonnell Lore City, OH | In 1943 I worked as a typist at Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio. I roomed in Dayton and every morning my bus would pass Wright Field on the way. The B19 sat in plain sight. The level ground to the west of Wright Field was surrounded by houses and could not be expanded in that direction. Wright Field was the location of experimental aircraft testing of the Air Force (Army Air Corps at that time). The original runway was not long enough for the B19. To make it possible to operate the B19 from that location, the runway was extended up the hill to the east. The plane would land from the from the west end, and get stopped on the upslope. To take off, it was taxied to the top of the hill so it could take advantage of the downslope to gain speed for its takeoff.
In a related matter, In 1942 or 1943, I was sitting in school in Old Washington, Ohio. As usual I was gawking out the window and saw a single engined plane headed west. My immmediate reaction was that it was a German ME109. I dismissed it as a simple misidentity. to my surprise the next day there was an article in the Cambridge, Ohio Daily Jeffersonian stating that a ME109 had landed at the airport there to take on fuel. It was on its way to Wright Field for testing. 01/31/2009 @ 12:51 [ref: 23588] |
| Dave Nash, TX | One of my current students showed me a photograph of a plane that she said her grandfather or great-grandfather flew on during 1945-46. After doing some research, I believe it was the XB-19. How cool is that? 09/27/2008 @ 20:11 [ref: 22757] |
| Jack , NJ | A great web site where old guys can can write about the past,it's time to wake up and smell the coffee 'its over. 03/11/2007 @ 19:24 [ref: 15862] |
| Jack , NJ | A great web site where old guys can can write about the past,it's time to wake up and smell the coffee 'its over. 03/11/2007 @ 19:24 [ref: 15861] |
| Robert , CA | I was about 9 years old when I saw the B19 and several fighters, probably P40s fly over Riverside, California after taking off from March AFB. The fighters were flying around the B19 and looked very small compared to the very large B19. 03/04/2007 @ 11:22 [ref: 15759] |
| Jack McDowell Redondo Beach, CA | Back in my college days (60's) when I should have been studying at the library at Santa Monica City College I instead went through the stacks and looked at all of the old magazines that I could find. I distinctly remember seeing a picture in an early Life magazine showing a wing of the B-19 being assembled (with the leading edge up!) and it had three mounts for engines. The text mentioned that indeed the original six engine deisgn was being changed to a four engine deisgn as new more powerful enignes had become available and that this photo was before the rework was started. This change could have contributed to the great delay in the construction of the plane and the disgust that Douglas had with the entire project (they wanted it cancelled). Lately I've looked at every document on this plane and can find no confirmation on this foggy memory. Does anyone out there know for sure one way or the other on this question? 05/05/2006 @ 21:55 [ref: 13215] |
| Eldon Launer Springfield, ILL., IL | My Dad worked for Douglas at Santa Monica, Ca. from 1941-1947. I Have letters,picturesand news paper clipings of the first B-19. My dad never talked about the B-19, but talked about Boewing B-29s built by Douglas.? 09/15/2005 @ 23:17 [ref: 11244] |
| FJ SONNEBORN SOUTH BEND, IN | I WAS BORN 11-5-28. I WILL NEVER FORGET SOME TIME IN EARLY 1940S SUMMER TIME WHEN THE B-19 FLEW VERY LOW OVER OUR HOUSE. I WAS AYOUNG KID VERY EXCITED ABOUT PLANES. WHAT A DEAL IT WAS FOR ME AT THE TIME.IT WAS SAID THE PLANE WAS GOING SOMEWHERE UP IN MICHIGAN ? P.S. I SOLOED A J-3 CUB IN 1944 ONLY 16 YEARS OLD.
SOUTH BEND INDIANA 09/13/2005 @ 16:10 [ref: 11220] |
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