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WWII - 1945, USA Aircraft: Army Shows XB-19A Bomber, World’s Largest Plane

Reel Number: 220478-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945,1940s

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 21:12:49

TC Ends: 21:13:34

Duration: 00:00:45

WWII - 1945, USA Aircraft: Only XB-19A Test Flight Intertitle: Aviation - Army Shows XB-19A Bomber, World’s Largest Plane 21:12:55 High angle view of four-engine plane towed out of hanger on tarmac. Large wings, two men working on large wheel & tire, men walk along fuselage. Very large control board w/ many dials in cockpit (?). 21:13:18 LS Takeoff shown past camera; overhead. WW2 Army Air Force; USAAF; Experimental Airplane; Aircraft Testing; Military Transport; 1940s; NOTE: Completed ca 1943, was only one built. Used to test design & equipment for other bombers; B-19 used as cargo plane until 1949 when it was scrapped.

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