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The Swedes used the P-35! and they also used a larger two seater version of the P-35 as a light bomber, (well they were going to, but only two were delivered before the US prevented any more shipments)

Just to clarify for anyone, this is a DC-5. Not an Douglas RD-3. Its the "RD3-1 DC-5"

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No way you're saying the 299 with all its blisters is gorgeous but the XB-19 is ugly? The XB-19 is a masterpiece

I have seen this claim many times in the past, however I think the origin of it is actually in a speculative two page art from page 67, 68, and 69 of X-Planes No:16 DOUGLAS XB-19 AMERICA'S GIANT WORLD WAR II INTERCONTINENTAL BOMBER. In actuality as the others have stated there is no way simply...

Nope, the two top turrets were not retractable. The back one is lower because its just a .50 cal machine gun and then the front is a 37 mm cannon and .30 cal machine gun. So the front bubble turret is just larger

Those turrets? They're not warts!!! D:

Woah woah woah gentlemen, I'm seeing B-15's and B-18s, and all sorts of fighter planes, but we're forgetting the Largest Interwar plane from any country. The Douglas B-19. The Hemisphere Defender.

Here are two documents on the B-19, which I have published to Internet Archive Here is a link to the Internet Archive of the Handbook of Operation and Flight Instructions for the Model XB-19 Long Range Bombardment Airplane. XB 19 Flight Instructions 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming ...

Copy from my Secretprojectsuk post Here are some very neat photos of the XB-19 of either specific points of interest or rare photos I think are interesting: Photograph of the upper front turret, which had one 37 mm cannon and one .30 Cal machine gun. You can actually see how one would aim the...

That is a very neat photo

There was one instance in the north of Norway on the border with Sweden where a German Ju88 attacked a Swedish armored train and killed one Swede.

I used to think the B29 looked silly, but I think its got a charm of its own.

Great job on the model! I know the plane was pretty notorious during the war, since it fills this weird not needed role, and its very design was based on theory rather than anything real, if that makes any sense.

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