Douglas XB-19: An Illustrated History of America's Would-Be Intercontinental Bomber

. About the Author William Wolf is a retired dentist whose consuming 45-year passion is WWII air combat and aircraft, having over 25,000 books and magazines, 1,000s of downloaded CDs, and three miles of microfilm on WWII in his library

it is truly an awesome book. For the longest time Mr. T. The aviation world owes William Wolf a large thank you for writing this book, it is truly an awesome book. For the longest time, if you wanted to find out about the XB-19, you could Google all day and not find much. With the publication of this book, a major hole in the history of American aviation has been filled, Thank you Mr. Wolf, the Aviation community will forever be indebted to you. Like the inside flap says "This volume is a must for the . "A war-winning weapon?" according to Jeffrey F. Bell. I became aware of the B-19 from the writings of air power advocate Alexander de Seversky, who in 19A war-winning weapon? Jeffrey F. Bell I became aware of the B-19 from the writings of air power advocate Alexander de Seversky, who in 1942 and again in 1946 declared that the B-19 should have replaced the B-17 and B-24 as the main US heavy bomber of WWII. This claim is superficially plausible:-- The B-19 had exactly three times the wing area of the B-17 and (given a similar development history) could have taken off at about 200,000lbs from a long concrete runway. Crew training expen. 2 and again in 19A war-winning weapon? Jeffrey F. Bell I became aware of the B-19 from the writings of air power advocate Alexander de Seversky, who in 1942 and again in 1946 declared that the B-19 should have replaced the B-17 and B-24 as the main US heavy bomber of WWII. This claim is superficially plausible:-- The B-19 had exactly three times the wing area of the B-17 and (given a similar development history) could have taken off at about 200,000lbs from a long concrete runway. Crew training expen. 6 declared that the B-19 should have replaced the B-17 and B-2A war-winning weapon? Jeffrey F. Bell I became aware of the B-19 from the writings of air power advocate Alexander de Seversky, who in 1942 and again in 1946 declared that the B-19 should have replaced the B-17 and B-24 as the main US heavy bomber of WWII. This claim is superficially plausible:-- The B-19 had exactly three times the wing area of the B-17 and (given a similar development history) could have taken off at about 200,000lbs from a long concrete runway. Crew training expen. as the main US heavy bomber of WWII. This claim is superficially plausible:-- The B-19 had exactly three times the wing area of the B-17 and (given a similar development history) could have taken off at about 200,000lbs from a long concrete runway. Crew training expen. Excellent coverage of an almost unknown aircraft JCAL If you've bought the "Ultimate Look" works by Dr. Wolf you're used to large volumes with a lot of reproduction of archival material such as pilots notes, erection manuals etc. - If your expecting thatyou'll be disappointed. In fact "Ultimate look" is conspicuous by its absence.What you do get for 119 pages is an excellent survey and examination of the XB-19 from predecessors,conception and competition to it's final days. Also described is how the

This volume is a must for the aviation historian, enthusiast, and modeler.. Wolf has used original Douglas and Army Air Force documents and very rare (as few were needed for one bomber) Erection & Maintenance Manuals in this history, which also includes never-seen-before photos and color profiles. In 1935, the intent of the Army Air Corps was to build a potential intercontinental bomber, a “Guardian of the Hemisphere”; they granted Donald Douglas a contract to build the world’s largest bomber. William Wolf presents this enigmatic bomber, a “Flying Laboratory” that was the precursor to America’s first intercontinental bomber, the Continental B-36 Peacemaker. Over the past 75 years, there have only been a few magazine articles on the gigantic Douglas XB-19 bomber, usually showing it in photos dwarfi

William Wolf is a retired dentist whose consuming 45-year passion is WWII air combat and aircraft, having over 25,000 books and magazines, 1,000s of downloaded CDs, and three miles of microfilm on WWII in his library.