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» B-32 Dominator XB-32 prototype bomber at rest, 28 Feb 1944; note twin tail of the original design, which would be changed for production aircraft B-32 Dominator bomber in flight, 1945
The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was an American heavy strategic bomber built for United States Army Air Forces during World War II, which had the distinction of being the last Allied aircraft to be engaged in combat during World War II; that engagement also resulted in the last American to die in air combat in World War II.
The B-32 had serious stability probems and this airframe was first flown with double tailfins, then with a borrowed B-29 tailfin and finally with the enormous definitive tailfin seen here which was six metres tall. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum.
Pair of B-32 bombers in flight. Published at 1169 × 915 px. Link to full-size photo: B-32 bombers in flight. Site statistics: Photos of World War II: over 26800. aircraft: 63 models. tanks: 59 models. vehicles: 59 models.
On August 17, almost 48 hours after the cessation of hostilities between the United States and Japan, B-32s on a photo run near Tokyo encountered rogue Japanese fighters. Dragged into an hours-long running gun battle, the alarmed crews of the photo ships expended around 4,000 rounds of ammunition in the direction of the marauding fighters.
The U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) envisioned, even before the start of World War II, a replacement bomber for the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator with higher speed, longer range, more bomb load and more defensive armament.
23 sie 2021 · The 386th was fully outfitted with B-32s in July, and in August was redeployed to Yontan airfield at Okinawa where it was reassigned to flying photo reconnaissance missions over Japan.
