Douglas XB-19 United States Army Air Corps and the L-19E was a

and the L-19E was a foundational aircraft in that effort

Formed in 1943 under the command of Colonel Philip Cochran and Colonel John Alison

The SP B-50-15 was built in 1925 as part of the Southern Pacific's large fleet of 40-foot wooden single-sheathed boxcars — a construction type featuring a wooden frame and body with a single layer of exterior sheathing

The L-19E was an improved variant featuring a more powerful 213 hp Continental O-470-11 engine

The Erie Built's streamlined carbody — styled by industrial designer Raymond Loewy — gave it one of the most elegant silhouettes of the early diesel era

Douglas XB-19 United States Army Air Corps and the L-19E was aThese are 1 72 scale decals for the Douglas XB 19 in its rollout configuration, United States Army Air Corps capturing the largest bomber ever built in the United States at the moment it first emerged from the Douglas factory at Clover Field, Santa Monica, California. The rollout of the XB 19 in May 1941 was a spectacular public event the sheer scale of the aircraft was unlike anything most observers had ever seen, with its 212 foot wingspan and