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So you think you know your USAAC/USAAF bombers?

Whot’s this?

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/XB-16_Martin_145.jpg/792px-XB-16_Martin_145.jpg

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By: Flanker_man - 2nd December 2010 at 09:03

Obviously a copy of the Kalinin K-7…….. :rolleyes::D

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By: Bager1968 - 2nd December 2010 at 07:27

Yep… and I could have “sanitized” the image info by running it through my photobucket page, but I really wasn’t trying for a big-time production.

I just thought this was sufficiently outlandish to bring into the light of day.

Although I really like Creaking Door‘s response.

Here’s the later, enlarged proposal… 6 Allison V-1710 engines!
http://www.anigrand.com/images/items/AA4016_XB-16/AA4016_XB-16_real_1.jpg

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By: stangman - 2nd December 2010 at 01:40

Martin XB-16

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2487

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By: contrailjj - 2nd December 2010 at 01:14

I’m going to say it’s a Bell concept… (my original though was Lockheed – but the pushers and guns in nacelles just sorta scream beefed-up Airacuda)

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But then I right-clicked to view image and saw Martin XB-16 in the image name… so I guess I was ‘FUBAR’d from the get-go.

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By: Bruggen 130 - 2nd December 2010 at 00:31

If it’s not a p*** take, then it looks like a early Martin design.

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By: Creaking Door - 2nd December 2010 at 00:14

What happens when a P-38 and a B-17 get drunk on prom-night?

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