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    The Douglas Y1B-7 was a 1930s American bomber aircraft. It was the first US monoplane given the B- 'bomber' designation. The monoplane was more practical...
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  • Douglas Y1B-7, B-7, O-35 (1931) Douglas B-18 Bolo (1935) Douglas XB-19 (1941) Douglas XB-22 (1930s) Douglas B-23 Dragon (1939) Douglas XB-31 Douglas XB-42...
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  • The Boeing Y1B-20 (Boeing 316) was designed as an improvement on the Boeing XB-15. It was slightly larger than its predecessor, and was intended to use...
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  • bomber/transport 1933 Retired 45 Douglas DT torpedo bomber 1921 Retired 90 Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber 1935 retired 1946 350 Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber 1931 retired...
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    Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing XB-15 Boeing Y1B-20 Convair B-36 Related lists List of bomber aircraft List of aircraft of...
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  • B7 (redirect from B-7)
    7), Norwegian railway carriages HMS B7, a B-class submarine of the Royal Navy Blackburn B-7, a British aircraft Lohner B.VII, an aircraft Douglas Y1B-7...
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    carrying the mail were the Curtiss B-2 Condor, Keystone B-4, Keystone B-6, Douglas Y1B-7 and YB-10 bombers; the Boeing P-12 and P-6E fighters; the Curtiss A-12...
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    electrically. The crew was three in tandem position. It competed against the Douglas Y1B-7/XO-36. Both promised to greatly exceed the performance of the large...
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    Fortress Bréguet 410 Bristol Bombay Curtiss B-2 Condor Dornier Do 11 Douglas Y1B-7 Douglas B-18 Bolo Farman BN.4 Farman F.60 Goliath Farman F.120 Farman F...
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    single-arm landing gear for ease of maintenance. On 7 December 1936, five days after the first flight of the Y1B-17, the brakes fused during landing, and it nosed...
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  • Huff-Daland XB-1 Douglas Y1B-7 Fokker XB-8 Boeing Y1B-9 Douglas YB-11 Martin XB-13 Martin XB-14 Boeing XB-15 Martin XB-16 Douglas XB-19 Boeing Y1B-20 North American...
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    successor, the monoplane bomber, had a hard time getting accepted. The Douglas Y1B-7 and Fokker XB-8 were originally designed as high-speed reconnaissance...
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    Hawk Curtiss XO-30 (not built) Curtiss XP-10 Dornier Do X Douglas O-31 Douglas O-43 Douglas Y1B-7 Huff-Daland XB-1 Lockheed YP-24 Thomas-Morse YO-23 Tupolev...
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  • Douglas XB-22 US Medium bomber n/a Project 0 Douglas XTB2D Skypirate US Torpedo bomber 1945 Prototype 2 Douglas Y1B-7 US Heavy bomber 1931 Prototype 8 EADS-CASA...
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    complete, the Y1B-17s and Y1B-17A were redesignated B-17 and B-17A, respectively, to signify the change to operational status. The Y1B-17A had a maximum...
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    C-108 Flying Fortress List of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress variants Boeing Y1B-20 Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing KB-29 Superfortress Boeing XB-39 Superfortress...
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  • ), "23, of the army air corps reserves," is killed in the crash of Douglas Y1B-7, 32-309, in fog at night near Jerome, Idaho. "Second Lieutenant James...
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    and Sacramento, California. The aircraft they flew were primarily Douglas Y1B-7 bombers. On 1 June 1937, the 12th Observation Squadron left Texas to...
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    bombers was the engine type. In the spring of 1937, the 31st received new Douglas B-18 Bolos, the 7th Group being the first operational unit to receive the...
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  • ), "23, of the army air corps reserves," is killed in the crash of Douglas Y1B-7, 32-309, in fog at night near Jerome, Idaho. Second Lieutenant James...
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    1938, the USAAC proposed to update the XB-15 to make the slightly larger Y1B-20, again using four Wright Twin Cyclones as with the Boeing 314, but the...
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    was involved in field service testing of new bomber aircraft, notably the Y1B-17 Flying Fortress. During World War II the squadron fought in the North...
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    the estimate of the time to most recent common ancestor of the Y1a clade.) Y1b has been observed in a Tatar from Buinsk, Y1b1 has been observed in China...
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    activated. In January 1936, the Air Corps contracted with Boeing for thirteen Y1B-17 Flying Fortress prototypes, enough to equip one squadron for operational...
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  • takeoff) as the origin of today’s ubiquitous aviation “checklist”. 7 December 1936 First Y1B-17, 36-149, c/n 1973, first flown 2 December, makes rough landing...
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    260 lb (1,025 kg) Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing Y1B-9 Tupolev SB Related lists List of bomber aircraft List of military aircraft...
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    Romania, Hungary, Turkey Haplogroup Y1a2 – Koryak, Even (Kamchatka) Haplogroup Y1b – Volga Tatar [TMRCA 9,222.8 ± 4,967.0 ybp; CI=95%] Haplogroup Y1b1 – Chinese...
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    contemporary, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The first pre-production Y1B-17 Fortress was delivered to the 2d Bombardment Group, Langley Field, Virginia...
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  • flaps "up". This was the first fatality in the type. 18 December Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress, 36–157, c/n 1981, formerly of the 2d Bomb Group, Langley...
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  • radial engine. January 17 – The United States Army Air Corps orders 13 Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortresses, previously known by the manufacturer's designation...
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