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the douglas xb-19.... conceived & built before ww 2, tested right up to the war, only example made. it flew heavy cargo long distances during the war. any war time era pics out their?? what of it's demise??

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Scroll down for a couple of small b&w pics:

http://www.johnfry.com/pages/AirPictorial6108.html

The same article suggests the XB-19 was scrapped at Davis-Monthan in June, 1949.

My tired, old brain recalls seeing a color photo in an aviation mag of the XB-19 at D-M, but only the tail is visible. The vertical surfaces were some outrageous color--maybe orange with a yellow chevron or vice-versa. If I stumble across the pic you'll be the first to know.

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

I remember seeing a pic of the XB-19 awaiting scrapping. She had been painted in the colors of the All Weather Flying Center (red tail with yellow chevron) and had been re-equipped with in-line engines (maybe the XP-75 double-Allisons, which were also experimentally installed on the B-29?)

SN

It is true about the engine- in the XB-19A was instaled Allison V-3420 at the October 5. 1943. After the failure of main design idea, there was interest to convert it into the cargo plane but engeneers find that it could not be able to be converted in this was as way. The XB-19A was torn into pieces in July 1949. It was found that maintenance cost even if the airplanes could be in storage is very high then the scraping.

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Bingo!

Found this pic on the NMUSAF website. I do remember seeing a similar pic in color somewhere, though.



And here's one of her sad mortal remains. Too bad someone couldn't have at least saved this chunk.



SN

I'm quite certain I have the color photo in the WX Unit colors. I'll be a while in getting it posted, though. Sad that the XB-19, B-32, etc. got this fate.

Scott

Sorry for the quality (Scanned from a dupilicate slide)
but here is colored shot of the aircraft at
DMAFB, AZ.

great pics, sad fate

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XmhevFScTXg


Shay
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Just a tad goosey in pitch upon rotation EH? I've seen footage of the rest of the March Field landing and the nosewheel basketballed the entire rollout length.
To bad our forefathers had such short sightedness, but then again as a kid, I always wondered if the aluminum pot my mom cooked my oatmeal in had 50 missions on it-

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Maybe another fuzzy memory, but wasn't the nose section salvaged and attached to a building (real estate office?) before being scrapped later?

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