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  • This press photograph of two B-32s was origin­ally captioned, “new headaches for the Mikado"!

    Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-32A Dominator - США - 1942

  • The fourth production B-32-1-CF, 42-108474, photographed at Davis-Monthan AFB during the late Forties. This aircraft was earmarked for preservation at the Air Force Museum but it was scrapped in August 1949.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-32A Dominator - США - 1942

  • The Lady is Fresh begins her take-off roll for the first B-32 combat mission, on May 29, 1945.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-32A Dominator - США - 1942

  • Ground personnel inspect Hobo Queen II soon after its arrival at Clark Field on May 24, 1945. Note the crewman standing in the open navigator’s observation hatch.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-32A Dominator - США - 1942

  • Early photograph of 42-108531, one of the three Dominators assigned to the B-32 combat test. Note that the aircraft has not yet been fitted with the many nose-mounted communications, navigation and ECM antennae characteristic of combat-equipped B-32s.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-32A Dominator - США - 1942

  • These Dominators undergoing final assembly at Consolidated’s Fort Worth plant were never delivered to the USAAF. When the B-32 programme was terminated they were scrapped on site by the contractor.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-32A Dominator - США - 1942

  • The venerable Hobo Queen II at Yontan after its nosewheel collapsed on October 10, 1945.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-32A Dominator - США - 1942

  • After sustaining fairly heavy damage during the August 17 duel over Tokyo, 42-108539 was relegated to “hangar queen ” status and cannibalised for parts. Here she sits beside a taxi strip at Yontan, Okinawa, with only one engine and propeller still intact.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-32A Dominator - США - 1942

  • The remains of B-32 42-108544 lying in a coral pit at the end of the Yontan runway after the August 28 crash. All 13 aboard were killed.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-32A Dominator - США - 1942