US Consolidated B32 ''Dominator'' Heavy Bomber

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The last American Bomber Class to be deployed to Europe at the end of World War II. The “Dominator” was developed should problems develop with the already deployed B-29 “Superfortress” Heavy Bomber. Very few numbers were deployed to The Pacific Theater (mid 1945). Crewed by (10), The B-32 was 80-feet long. It featured a 135-foot wingspan. They were powered by (4) 18-cylinder Radial Engines. The “Dominator” could achieve 435-mph and had an operational ceiling of 31,000-feet. It could carry 20,000-pounds of Ordnance, supported by (10) 12.7mm Machine Guns located throughout the Fuselage. Only 118 were ever produced. No examples (other that incomplete component parts) have survived.