Douglas XB-19

[Snautzer01]

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It put so much pressure on the ground it cracked the platform it stood on.

eBay: Douglas B-19

Big is Beautiful..... Part 1

ww2aircraft.net

 

[The Stannum Liberator]

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 turret, and its interesting how it uses a rifle butt or stock.

Then in this photo you get a look at the tail gunner position. There was a catwalk that led from the galley to the impressively spacious tail gunner area.

In this next photo you see the B-19 from an angle you don't usually see, In this photo you can see on the side right behind the USAAF Roundel you can see the hole where a .30 cal Browning machine would go. You can also below that see the "lower rear manual turret" which was a .50 Cal Browning Machine gun, the gunner would be leaning against a support to hold and aim it.

To end this, here's just a really neat photo I found in the same collection, which by the way was Time-Life Magazine's photos
They can be found here: https://artsandculture.google.com/search/asset?q=b-19 stackpole&p=life-photo-collection

 

[The Stannum Liberator]

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 : Internet Archive|

Here is the link for Air Corps Technical Report 4803: XB 19 Technical Report 18 July 1942 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!