Bingham Bulletin | 1942-01-02 | Page 3 | Uncle Sam's Aerial Giant, B-19

Uncle Sam's Aerial Giant, B-19 It is comforting iithese days of air blitzes to know that Uncle i 5am can boast the latgest bombing plane in the world. It is the $3,500,000 B-19, a fow-engined Douglas whose engines produce a total of 8,000 h. p. The gross load weight of this aerial giant is 82 tons, and it has a wing-spread of 212 feet. These pictures acquaint you with our new flying fortress. v N. v , , ' x Snapped in flight over a river in southern California is the giant B-19. The picture was made during a test flight, with twenty persons aboard. Looking aft from the pilot's cabin we see the radio and control panel which, with the pilot's instrument panel, comprise the "brains" of the world's mightiest plane. sr , - - r fill i ,V , v 5 7 I "" issiiiiilte 4 glimpse into the rear compartment of the B-19. Lieut. L. J. Doyle, veteran test pilot, is shown at the inter-plane phone. Machine Ma-chine gun mounts (not shown) are on sides opposite the lieutenant. inimir TvrWM ,i r , mm i iirf t fn " CifiMHinintr -- Lieut. Col. Stanley Vmstcad is here pictured at the controls dur- i ing a three-hour test flight. A view of the two starboard motors as seen from the cabin yf the B-19. Lvv.v?,..v.v.w...-...-..,:.-: , . .............. v .-. . - . f-f . .- .. 'n nfit'lf j fartiSft' -jr j The B-19 being escorted by two P-U) pursuit ships.