[ARC5] And now, for something completely different: B-18 Bolo.

[Bob Macklin]

The reason the B-18 Bolo was purchased instead of the B-17 was that it only 
required 2 engines. The USAAF could purchase more B-18s than B-17s for the 
same amount of money.

The B-18 Bolo was a bomber version of the DC3/C-47. And they were used for 
submarine patrol. The USAAF version of the PBY.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
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Subject: [ARC5] And now, for something completely different: B-18 Bolo.


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> The Bolo was sort of a forgotten hero.Obsolete at the start of WWII it was 
> assigned ASW role and probably training.As a continental US based aircraft 
> it would have had a different set of radio equipment,I would imagine, from 
> ETO and PTO assigned aircraft.
> Any thoughts?
> Jay KE6PF
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