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B-10 |
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The B-10 was the first "modern-day" all-metal
monoplane bomber to be produced in quantity. It
featured such innovations as internal bomb storage, retractable
landing gear, a rotating gun turret, and enclosed cockpits. It
was 50% faster than its contemporary biplane bombers and as fast
as most of the fighters. When the Air Corps ordered 121 B-10s in
the 1933-1936 period, it was the largest procurement of bomber
aircraft since WW I. It also ordered 32 B-10 type bombers
with Pratt and Whitney rather than Wright engines and designated
these B-12s.
General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
once called the B-10 the air power wonder of its day. In 1934,
he led ten B-10s on a 8,290 mile flight from Washington, D.C. to
Fairbanks, Alaska and back. Although Air Corps B-10s and B-12s
were replaced by B-17s and B-18s in the late 1930s, China and
the Netherlands flew export versions in combat against Japan.
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Martin B-10
Deluxe Series. 1/40th scale. 21.15" wingspan x
13.75" long.
No. ADA2D-DX. Only $159.95 |
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