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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
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| Base model: | B-19 | ||
| Designation: | XB-19 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Bomber | ||
| Status: | Experimental | ||
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Dave Nash, TX | One of my current students showed me a photograph of a plane that she said her grandfather or great-grandfather flew on during 1945-46. After doing some research, I believe it was the XB-19. How cool is that? 09/27/2008 @ 20:11 [ref: 22757] |
| Jack , NJ | A great web site where old guys can can write about the past,it's time to wake up and smell the coffee 'its over. 03/11/2007 @ 19:24 [ref: 15862] |
| Jack , NJ | A great web site where old guys can can write about the past,it's time to wake up and smell the coffee 'its over. 03/11/2007 @ 19:24 [ref: 15861] |
| Robert , CA | I was about 9 years old when I saw the B19 and several fighters, probably P40s fly over Riverside, California after taking off from March AFB. The fighters were flying around the B19 and looked very small compared to the very large B19. 03/04/2007 @ 11:22 [ref: 15759] |
| Jack McDowell Redondo Beach, CA | Back in my college days (60's) when I should have been studying at the library at Santa Monica City College I instead went through the stacks and looked at all of the old magazines that I could find. I distinctly remember seeing a picture in an early Life magazine showing a wing of the B-19 being assembled (with the leading edge up!) and it had three mounts for engines. The text mentioned that indeed the original six engine deisgn was being changed to a four engine deisgn as new more powerful enignes had become available and that this photo was before the rework was started. This change could have contributed to the great delay in the construction of the plane and the disgust that Douglas had with the entire project (they wanted it cancelled). Lately I've looked at every document on this plane and can find no confirmation on this foggy memory. Does anyone out there know for sure one way or the other on this question? 05/05/2006 @ 21:55 [ref: 13215] |
| Eldon Launer Springfield, ILL., IL | My Dad worked for Douglas at Santa Monica, Ca. from 1941-1947. I Have letters,picturesand news paper clipings of the first B-19. My dad never talked about the B-19, but talked about Boewing B-29s built by Douglas.? 09/15/2005 @ 23:17 [ref: 11244] |
| FJ SONNEBORN SOUTH BEND, IN | I WAS BORN 11-5-28. I WILL NEVER FORGET SOME TIME IN EARLY 1940S SUMMER TIME WHEN THE B-19 FLEW VERY LOW OVER OUR HOUSE. I WAS AYOUNG KID VERY EXCITED ABOUT PLANES. WHAT A DEAL IT WAS FOR ME AT THE TIME.IT WAS SAID THE PLANE WAS GOING SOMEWHERE UP IN MICHIGAN ? P.S. I SOLOED A J-3 CUB IN 1944 ONLY 16 YEARS OLD.
SOUTH BEND INDIANA 09/13/2005 @ 16:10 [ref: 11220] |
| FJ SONNEBORN SOUTH BEND, IN | I WAS BORN 11-5-28. I WILL NEVER FORGET SOME TIME IN EARLY 1940S SUMMER TIME WHEN THE B-19 FLEW VERY LOW OVER OUR HOUSE. I WAS AYOUNG KID VERY EXCITED ABOUT PLANES. WHAT A DEAL IT WAS FOR ME AT THE TIME.IT WAS SAID THE PLANE WAS GOING SOMEWHERE UP IN MICHIGAN ? P.S. I SOLOED A J-3 CUB IN 1944 ONLY 16 YEARS OLD. 09/13/2005 @ 16:08 [ref: 11219] |
| Glenn Kimball Hamilton, MT | I lived four blocks from the Douglas Aircraft factory in Santa Monica California at the time the B19 made its maiden flight. I was eight years old. I stood alongside the west end of the runway as the B19 lifted off. Before takeoff, its enormous weight upon its three 12-foot diameter wheels caused it to sink into the asphault tarmac. Multiple-wheel landing gear carriages would have been a better idea. After takeoff, the B19 made a couple passes over the runway for the benefit of all the Douglas employees assembled in front of the line of hangars. Then with its landing gear still down, it flew east to March Field in Riverside California where it was turned over to the US Army. 08/15/2005 @ 20:04 [ref: 11000] |
| Humberto Tovar El Paso, TX | I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a model plane of this plane. PLease email me with any information. I have a guy from Missouri who does model planes and is thinking about doing some, but needs more people interested that way he can male molds for not just one plane. 08/11/2005 @ 14:17 [ref: 10973] |
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