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The XB-19 was an experimental long-range bomber stemming from a secret Project D initiated by USAAC on February 1935. Only one XB-19 was built (serial 38-471, Douglas s/n 2001).
Specifications :
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- Bomber in flight
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- Take off
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- Bomber seen from an AT‑6C Texan observation aircraft
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- XB-19
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- XB-19 1941
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- XB-19 in flight 1941
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- XB-19 nears completion on factory floor, Douglas. Santa Monica, 1940
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- XB-19A front view
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- XB-19A in a hangar
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- Bomber under construction at Douglas Aircraft Plant
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- Tail of a Douglas XB-19 1941
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- XB-19 does an engine test run, 1941
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- XB-19 is readied for flight and handling testing
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- XB-19 warming up its engines
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- Douglas XB-19A 38-471 white 71 in flight
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- XB-19 and P-40 in 1941
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- XB-19A with Allison V-3420-11 engines
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- XB-19 serial 38-471, in flight over Santa Monica with an AT·6. It first flew on June 27,1941,
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- XB-19 with Olive Drab and Neutral Gray camouflage
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- Douglas XB-19 in flight. B-19 was the largest aircraft to enter USAAF service until the B-36.
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- Bomber XB-19 with gears down
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- The nearly completed XB‑19
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- XB-19 38-471 in 1942
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- Douglas XB-19 near Wright Field
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- Douglas XB-19 38-471 in flight 1942
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- Soldiers washing Douglas XB-19 at March Field 1941
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- Lieutenant pictured talking on the phone in rear section of the fuselage of a XB-19
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- Clover Field June 17, 1941
The XB-19 was an experimental long-range bomber stemming from a secret Project D initiated by USAAC on February 1935. Only one XB-19 was built (serial 38-471, Douglas s/n 2001).
Specifications :
XB-19 |
XB-19A |
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crew |
16 |
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span |
64,62 m (212 ft) |
64,62 m (212 ft) |
lenght |
40,34 m (132 ft 4 in) |
40,34 m (132 ft 4 in) |
height |
12,8 m (42 ft) |
12,8 m (42 ft) |
wing area |
398,091 m² (4,285 sq ft) |
398,091 m² (4,285 sq ft) |
empty weight |
39009 kg (86,000 lb) |
41912 kg (92,400 lb) |
loaded weight |
65503 kg (140,000 lb) |
63607 kg (140,203 lb) |
max weight |
73482 kg (162,000 lb) |
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wing loading |
159,5 kg/m² (32,6 lb/sq ft) |
159,8 kg/m² (32,7 lb/sq ft) |
max speed |
360 km/h (224 mph) at 4785 m |
426 km/h (265 mph) at 6095 m |
cruising speed |
217 km/h (135 mph) |
298 km/h (185 mph) |
rate of climb |
3,3 m/s (650 ft/min) |
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service ceiling |
7010m (23,000 ft) |
11885 m (39,000 ft) |
range |
8369 km (5,200 miles) |
6759 km (4,200 miles) |
max range |
12408 km (7,710 miles) |
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powerplant |
Wright R-3350-5, 18 cylinder, air-cooled radials 2,000 hp , driving threeblade constant-speed propellers of 5,18 m (17 ft) diameter |
Allison V-3420-11 turbocharged 24 cylinder, liquid-cooled, 2,600hp (1,940kW), driving fourblade propellers |
fuel |
39179 l (10,350 US gallons) + 3120 l (824 gal) in bomb bay |
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armament |
5 x 12,7 mm, 6×7,62 mm, 2×37 mm, |
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bombs |
normal: 8480 kg (18,700 lb), max: 16828 kg (37,100 lb) with reduced fuel load |
Bibliography:
- William Wolf: DOUGLAS XB-19 America’s Giant World War II Intercontinental Bomber; Osprey X‑PLANES 16
- Rene J. Francillon: McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920 Volume I, Putnam Aeronautical Books
- Lloyd S. Jones: U.S. Bombers
- Kev Darling: American X & Y Planes, Volume 1 – Experimental Aircraft to 1945, Crowood 2010
- Robert A. Mann – The B-29 Superfortress Chronology 1934-1960; 2009
- Office of Air Force History and U.S. Air Force – The Development of Air Doctrine in the Army Air Arm 1917-1941
- International Air Power Review Volume 5, AIRtime Publishing