This Bolo spent World War II at several airfields as a bombardier trainer and as a light transport. It was dropped from inventory on 3 November 1944, and was later sold, acquiring the civil registry NC62477. It spent 14 years on the civil registry before going to Cuba in 1958.

Interior views of the Douglas B-18 Bolo bomber on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in the World War II Gallery. The B-18 in the museum was stationed at Wright Field from 1939 to 1942.

The Douglas B-18 Bolo was an American medium bomber used by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. It was primarily employed for coastal defense and anti-submarine patrols before and during World War II. Description. The B-18 Bolo was a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane bomber with a crew of six to seven ...

B-18轰炸机，（英文：B-18 Bomber），是20世纪30年代后期 道格拉斯 飞机公司为 美国陆军航空队 研制的双发动机 中型轰炸机。 B-18轰炸机具有较好的抗损毁性和较低的造价， [1-2] 是美军在珍珠港事变之前的主要轰炸机型，但其缺乏自卫武器、载弹量小和动力不足的缺点，限制了其作战能力 [1-2]。 B-18轰炸机于1934年开始研发，1935年研制成功，1936年投产，1937年列装入役，共生产了370架 [2]。 1942年初，美国军方采用 B-17轰炸机 替代B-18轰炸机执行一线作战 …

It was designed for a USAAC competition, announced on August 6, 1934, to find a modern replacement for the assorted twin-engine Keystone biplane and Martin B-10 bombers. The DB-1 competed against the Martin 146 and Boeing Model 299 (B-17 Flying Fortress) and beat out the competition after the Boeing 299 prototype crashed during the trials.

2011年12月14日 · The Douglas B-18A Bolo was a twin-engine medium bomber used by U.S. Army Air Corps from 1937 to 1941. It was the military version of the Douglas DC-2, a commercial transport developed in 1934. With the advent of World War II (1941-1945), it became readily apparent the aircraft was unsuited for anticipated long-range bombing missions.

World War II. When war came to the Pacific, most of the B-18/B-18A aircraft based overseas in the Philippines and in Hawaii were destroyed on the ground in the initial Japanese onslaught. The few Bolos that remained played no significant role in subsequent operations.

2018年8月31日 · It was among the bombers used to sink a German U-boat, U-654 in the Caribbean in August 1942. The Bolo was considered to be underpowered. Its bomb load was considered too small alongside its inadequate defensive armament. Douglas B-18A airplane of the 3rd Bombardment Group in flight.

2017年1月22日 · Despite their rather outclassed status at the opening of World War 2, B-18 bombers were still serviceable platforms utilized to train up-and-coming bomber crews in the nuisances of large aircraft flight and level bombing while acclimating to high altitude travel.

2015年9月7日 · The Douglas B-18 Bolo was a bomber based on the DC-2 airliner and played an important part in the expansion of the USAAC, despite being obsolete by the time the United States entered the Second World War. In May 1934 the Army Air Corps issued a specification for a …