B-32 Dominator
Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:34 pm
Are there no examples of this aircraft anywhere? I know several saw action in the philipines and the CBI.
Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:41 pm
The only one that has been mentioned here on the WIX before lays several 1000 feet down on the floor of the Pacific. I forget which one, but an avaition museum here in the US has a B-32 turret on display.
Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:47 pm
Pat Carry wrote:The only one that has been mentioned here on the WIX before lays several 1000 feet down on the floor of the Pacific. I forget which one, but an avaition museum here in the US has a B-32 turret on display.
The DFW Wing (Dallas /Fort Worth) of the CAF has the Turret ................their was some talk last year of it being restored..............Dose anybody have a idea of how many parts & pieces are left of the B-32 ?
Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:08 pm
There's another (supposedly) B-32 turret sitting derelict in the main hangar at CAF HQ in Midland.
Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:15 pm
Does this mean that we have enough DNA for a clone, or is that all there is?
Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:39 pm
Somewhere I read there was a Turret in Minnesota ?
Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:41 pm
The NASM used to have a turret on display at the downtown museum. I don't recall if it was there when I visited last summer..but I was so overwhelmed by the mobs of rude tourists I didn't pay as much attention to the collection as I should have.
According to a reference book I have, the only other known B-32 parts are a wing panel made into a monument in California, and part of an instrument panel owned by a private collector.
Lots of information in this thread: http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=28080
SN
According to a reference book I have, the only other known B-32 parts are a wing panel made into a monument in California, and part of an instrument panel owned by a private collector.
Lots of information in this thread: http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=28080
SN
Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:11 pm
Thats enough parts for Gary to build one.
Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:16 pm
Many years ago the Pate Museum of Transportation (Cresson, TX) had the wheel & tire off either a B-19 or B-32. They might have had a prop or to her 'small' parts, too.
Perhaps someone with a better memory can confirm what they had?
Perhaps someone with a better memory can confirm what they had?
Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:52 pm
Seems theres no other way...
Somebodys gonna have to build a couple of new ones.
Somebodys gonna have to build a couple of new ones.
Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:55 pm
Thought of an idea:
There is a B-32 wing being used as a monument somewhere in California. There are a couple of turrets around and probably a few other parts that accidently got kept. There are probably a few parts that are interchangeable with the PB4Y-2 or maybe even the Convair airliners.
YOu could make a diorama with a painted wall with a mural of a B-32 in flight with the wing potruding, and the turrets etc. What you don't have you could just paint it into the mural!
There is a B-32 wing being used as a monument somewhere in California. There are a couple of turrets around and probably a few other parts that accidently got kept. There are probably a few parts that are interchangeable with the PB4Y-2 or maybe even the Convair airliners.
YOu could make a diorama with a painted wall with a mural of a B-32 in flight with the wing potruding, and the turrets etc. What you don't have you could just paint it into the mural!
Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:08 pm
Dave Lindauer wrote:Many years ago the Pate Museum of Transportation (Cresson, TX) had the wheel & tire off either a B-19 or B-32. They might have had a prop or to her 'small' parts, too.
Perhaps someone with a better memory can confirm what they had?
I am pretty sure it was a B-19 wheel and tire, I think I have a picture of it somewhere.
JMC
Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:42 pm
the only parts around are a few turrets, including a mint nose turret that was still in the crate in a private collection, and the wing panel.
There are very few parts that were interchangable with any other planes other than normal GFE equipment. The only parts around that might be used are B-29 nacelles.
The B-32 was quite a bit larger than a PB4Y-2, kind of like the size difference between the B-29 and B-24,
General characteristics
B-32
Crew: 10
Length: 83 ft 1 in (25.3 m)
Wingspan: 135 ft 0 in (41.2 m)
Height: 33 ft 0 in (10.1 m)
Wing area: 1,422 ft² (132.1 m²)
Empty weight: 60,000 lb (27,000 kg)
Loaded weight: 100,000 lb (45,000 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 111,500 lb (50,580 kg)
Powerplant: 4x Wright R-3350, with reversiable Curtiss Electric propellers
PB4Y-2
Crew: 11: two pilots, navigator, bombardier, five gunners, two radio operators
Length: 74 ft 7 in (22.73 m)
Wingspan: 110 ft 0 in (33.53 m)
Height: 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
Wing area: 1,048 ft² (97.4 m²)
Empty weight: 27,485 lb (12,467 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 65,000 lb (29,500 kg)
Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-94 radial engines, 1,350 hp (1,007 kW) each
There are very few parts that were interchangable with any other planes other than normal GFE equipment. The only parts around that might be used are B-29 nacelles.
The B-32 was quite a bit larger than a PB4Y-2, kind of like the size difference between the B-29 and B-24,
General characteristics
B-32
Crew: 10
Length: 83 ft 1 in (25.3 m)
Wingspan: 135 ft 0 in (41.2 m)
Height: 33 ft 0 in (10.1 m)
Wing area: 1,422 ft² (132.1 m²)
Empty weight: 60,000 lb (27,000 kg)
Loaded weight: 100,000 lb (45,000 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 111,500 lb (50,580 kg)
Powerplant: 4x Wright R-3350, with reversiable Curtiss Electric propellers
PB4Y-2
Crew: 11: two pilots, navigator, bombardier, five gunners, two radio operators
Length: 74 ft 7 in (22.73 m)
Wingspan: 110 ft 0 in (33.53 m)
Height: 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
Wing area: 1,048 ft² (97.4 m²)
Empty weight: 27,485 lb (12,467 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 65,000 lb (29,500 kg)
Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-94 radial engines, 1,350 hp (1,007 kW) each
Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:38 pm
Although the B-32 used the same engine as the B-29, the cowls and nacelles were actually quite different. I think you're right..there just aren't an major airframe components that could be taken from another aircraft.
I've always thought the Dominator was a rather awkward looking beast, but it'd still be cool if one had been preserved. Heck, they saved a P-75, and that monstrosity was a total failure! At least the B-32 made it into production and combat (albeit limited.)
SN
I've always thought the Dominator was a rather awkward looking beast, but it'd still be cool if one had been preserved. Heck, they saved a P-75, and that monstrosity was a total failure! At least the B-32 made it into production and combat (albeit limited.)
SN