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Страна : США
Год : 1942
Дальний стратегический бомбардировщик с восемью членами экипажа
B-32A Dominator
Тяжелый бомбардировщик, четырехмоторный цельнометаллический моноплан с убирающимся шасси с носовой стойкой. Экипаж 9 человек. Спроектирован в КБ "Консолидейтед эйркрафт корпорейшн" под руководством А.Лэддена. Опытный образец XB-32 впервые взлетел 7 сентября 1942 г. Серийное производство началось в ноябре 1944 г. B-32 строились на заводах "Консолидейтед" в Форт-Уорте и Сан-Диего. Всего построено 118 экз.
Моторы R-3550-23. Вооружение 10x12,7, бомбы до 3600 кг. Самолет состоял на вооружении ВВС армии США с декабря 1944 г. Применялся с мая 1945 г. в боях на Филиппинских островах. В августе 1945 г. B-32A совершали налеты на Японию. Снят с производства в сентябре 1945 г., с вооружения - в 1946 г.
B-32A||
Размах:||41,2 м
Длина:||25,02 м
Моторы, количество х мощность:||4x2200 л.с.
Взлетная масса, максимальная:||50576 кг
Максимальная скорость:||574 км/ч
Практический потолок:||9360 м
Дальность:||6760 км
Описание:
- B-32A Dominator
- Consolidated Model 33 и Model 34 (B-32 Dominator)
Фотографии
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Мировая Авиация 93
Hobo Queen II был одним из двух B-32, подвергшихся атаке 14 японских истребителей во время проведения аэрофотосъемки Токио, предположительно 18 августа 1945 года. Это был последний воздушный бой Второй мировой войны, в результате которого были сбиты от двух до четырех истребителей. Один американский летчик погиб и двое были ранены, но оба самолета благополучно вернулись на Окинаву.
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Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / A.Crouchman - Rival to the B-29
Consolidated TB-32-15-CF Dominator 42-108522 'OM12' of the 2519th Base Unit, used for transition training.
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Aviation Historian 39 / A.Griffith - American domination?
Following its somewhat protracted development, the Consolidated B-32 eventually entered service with the USAAF’s 312th Bomb Group (BG), part of the Fifth Air Force, at Clark Field in the Phillippines in mid-May 1945. This example is B-32-20-CF The Lady is Fresh, of the 312th BG’s 386th Bomb Sqn at Clark Field in 1945.
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Aviation Historian 38 / C.Richards - British-built Bristol-engined Superforts?
Designed to the same US Army Air Corps Specification, XC-218-A, as Boeing’s XB-29, the Consolidated XB-32 drew on the company’s experience with the B-24 to create a four-engined twin-finned pressurised bomber with remotely-controlled retractable gun turrets. This is the second prototype XB-32, serial 41-142, in early 1944.
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Aviation Historian 39 / A.Griffith - American domination?
The B-32 was designed to the same US Army Air Corps Specification, XC-218-A, as Boeing’s B-29, and initially sported a twin-tail arrangement, as seen here on the second XB-32, serial 41-142. Stability problems, however, led to the adoption of a 19ft 6in (5-94m) single fin, which became a standard fit on all production examples.
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Air International 1979-02 / Plane facts
The second XB-32 (41-142) which commenced its flight test programme in July 1943.
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Air International 1979-02 / Plane facts
The first production B-32 with initial B-29-style vertical surfaces
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Air Pictorial 1956-06 / J.Blake - U.S. Bomber designations 1919-56
The B-32 was developed from the B-24 to Superfortress standard, but was slowed down in production by difficulties of redesign. Remote control of the armament was abandoned, and so was pressurisation. Eventually, production continued only in order to cover possible B-29 setbacks, and stopped with the end of the war. Span was 135 ft., armament ten .50-in. machine guns, and motors were Wright R3350-23s.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-05 / S.Harding - The Reluctant Dominator (2)
The Lady is Fresh begins her take-off roll for the first B-32 combat mission, on May 29, 1945.
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Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / A.Crouchman - Rival to the B-29
The first production B-32, delivered on December 7, 1944, with ultimate fin height.
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Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / A.Crouchman - Rival to the B-29
Sixth production B-32, used on test work at Vandalia and Dayton.
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Aviation Historian 39 / A.Griffith - American domination?
The sixth production B-32, serial 42-108476, demonstrates the type of high-aspect-ratio wing designed by David Davis and used on the B-32’s older stablemate, the B-24. The benefits of the Davis wing included higher speeds and good low-speed characteristics, but it was comparatively thick and saw little further use after the war.
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Мировая Авиация 183
B-32 Dominator, заказанные одновременно с B-29 Convair, успели выполнить несколько боевых вылетов против Японии в 1945 году.
The first production B-32 (42-108471) photographed after application of the definitive vertical tail surfaces -
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-05 / S.Harding - The Reluctant Dominator (2)
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.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-05 / S.Harding - The Reluctant Dominator (2)
This press photograph of two B-32s was originally captioned, “new headaches for the Mikado"!
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Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны
Первый серийный B-32A во время заводского облета
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes
The Consolidated Vultee B-32 Dominator Heavy Bomber (four Wright R-3350-23 engines).
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Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны
Серийный B-32A на аэродроме Йонфан (Окинава), август 1945 г.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2
Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-05 / S.Harding - The Reluctant Dominator (2)
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.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-05 / S.Harding - The Reluctant Dominator (2)
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.
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Aviation Historian 39 / A.Griffith - American domination?
Another photograph of B-32-20-CF serial 42-108529 The Lady is Fresh, at Clark Field in May 1945. In common with the B-29, the Dominator was not used in any European theatre during the Second World War, and saw only limited action in the Pacific with the 312th Bomb Group. The type’s last operational mission was flown on August 28, 1945.
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Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / A.Crouchman - Rival to the B-29
The huge 16'8" propellers roar into life on a TB-32.
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Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / A.Crouchman - Rival to the B-29
TB-32 on the line at Fort Worth.
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Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / A.Crouchman - Rival to the B-29
2519th Base Unit’s TB-32s on the line at Fort Worth.
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Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / A.Crouchman - Rival to the B-29
Three TB-32s in formation over Texas, late March 1945.
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Air International 1979-02 / Plane facts
One of the 40 TB-32 crew trainers.
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Aviation Historian 39 / A.Griffith - American domination?
Had the RAF taken on the B-32, it would probably have had the front turret removed, as per this TB-32 trainer.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-05 / S.Harding - The Reluctant Dominator (2)
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.
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Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / A.Crouchman - Rival to the B-29
The end of the line! The production line at Fort Worth at the termination of the contract, all these examples being scrapped on site.
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Aviation Historian 39 / A.Griffith - American domination?
Dominators under construction at the Fort Worth factory in Texas. Production of the B-32 was cancelled in September 1945, Fort Worth having produced 74 B-32s plus 40 TB-32 trainers. Consolidated’s San Diego factory in California produced just one - which, added to the three XB-32s, made a grand total of only 118 examples built.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-05 / S.Harding - The Reluctant Dominator (2)
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.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-05 / S.Harding - The Reluctant Dominator (2)
The venerable Hobo Queen II at Yontan after its nosewheel collapsed on October 10, 1945.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-05 / S.Harding - The Reluctant Dominator (2)
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.
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Aviation Historian 39 / A.Griffith - American domination?
In USAAF service the B-32 incorporated four Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone engines and was armed with a nose turret, a Martin forward upper turret (obscured here by the engine cowlings), a rear upper turret, a ventral ball turret and a rear turret, all fitted with 0-5in-calibre armament.
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Aviation Historian 39 / A.Griffith - American domination?
A classic “what if... ?”, this speculative illustration shows the possible configuration of the B-32 in RAF service, for which it may have been given the name Dominator Mk I. It is fitted with Bristol Centaurus engines and would have retained the front upper turret (again obscured by the propellers here) and the tail turret, but the nose, upper rear and ventral ball turrets have been deleted.
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Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / A.Crouchman - Rival to the B-29
Three-view of B-32 to production standard. Also shown are, top right XB-32 41-142 and below that XB-32 41-18336 with final tail surfaces. Scrap view shows the original tail of 41-18336.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes
The Consolidated Vultee B-32 Dominator.
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Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны
Consolidated B-32A
- Фотографии