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  • Douglas B-18 Bolo
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  • The Douglas B-18 Bolo was a twin engine, American bomber aircraft from the 1930s. The aircraft was based on the Douglas DC-2 and was used by the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force until the beginning of the 1940s.
  • The Douglas-manufactured B-18 "Bolo" was a medium bomber during World War II.
  • The Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Douglas Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was built by Douglas Aircraft Company and based on its DC-2 and was developed to replace the Martin B-10. By 1940 it was considered to be underpowered, to have inadequate defensive armament and carried too small a bomb load. Many were destroyed during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines in December 1941.
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max takeoff weight alt
  • 12552.0
loaded weight main
  • 24000.0
max speed more
  • at 10,000 ft
Guns
  • 3
number of props
  • 2
length alt
  • 17.63 m
span main
  • 2727.96
Produced
  • 1936
cruise speed main
  • 167.0
more performance
  • 594.0
cruise speed alt
  • 145
height alt
  • 4.62 m
Introduced
  • 1936
primary user
Type
type of prop
  • radial engines
range alt
  • 787
length main
  • 1762.7600000000002
power alt
  • 746.0
Unit Cost
  • 58500.0
area main
  • 959.0
power main
  • 1000.0
bombs
  • 4400.0
ferry range main
  • 2100.0
height main
  • 462.28
span alt
  • 27.28 m
range main
  • 900.0
Manufacturer
  • Douglas Aircraft Company
max speed main
  • 216.0
engine (prop)
  • Wright R-1820-53
ceiling main
  • 23900.0
empty weight main
  • 16320.0
loaded weight alt
  • 10866.0
Developed From
area alt
  • 89.1
First Flight
  • April 1935
more users
max speed alt
  • 188
jet or prop?
  • prop
ferry range alt
  • 1826
empty weight alt
  • 7403.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 7,285 m
max takeoff weight main
  • 27673.0
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Retired
  • 1946
Crew
  • 6
Number Built
  • 350
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  • McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920
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  • Write the first section of your page here.
  • The Douglas B-18 Bolo was a twin engine, American bomber aircraft from the 1930s. The aircraft was based on the Douglas DC-2 and was used by the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force until the beginning of the 1940s.
  • The Douglas-manufactured B-18 "Bolo" was a medium bomber during World War II.
  • The Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Douglas Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was built by Douglas Aircraft Company and based on its DC-2 and was developed to replace the Martin B-10. By 1940 it was considered to be underpowered, to have inadequate defensive armament and carried too small a bomb load. Many were destroyed during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines in December 1941. In 1942 the B-18 survivors were relegated to antisubmarine or transport duty. A B-18 was one of the first American aircraft to sink a German U-Boat, the U-654 on 22 August 1942 in the Caribbean.
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