Summary: The B-29 Superfortress is famous for its role in the atomic bombings, but it had a lesser-known rival: the Consolidated B-32 Dominator. Developed as a backup for the B-29, the B-32 saw ...

The B-32 Dominator Almost Missed WWII - And It Would Have Been Better if it Had. ... but Consolidated still produced more than 100 B-32s which were deployed into action in mid-1945.

Then there was the B-32 Dominator, which took to the skies in the last year of the war. Like the B-24, it was manufactured at the Consolidated Vultee plant in Fort Worth, known officially as Air ...

The B-32 Dominator was built as a backup but ended up making history on its own. Days after Japan surrendered, this heavy bomber flew into hostile skies—taking part in the last air battle of ...

LACONIA — During World War II, the Consolidated B-32 Dominator was introduced as a replacement for the B-17 and B-24 bombers then in use. But the B-32 never caught on, eclipsed by the B-29, and ...

Then there was the B-32 Dominator, which took to the skies in the last year of the war. Like the B-24, it was manufactured at the Consolidated Vultee plant in Fort Worth, known officially as Air ...

World War II produced three legendary heavy bombers, the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, and the B-29 Superfortress. Each was manufactured in the thousands to bomb Germany and Japan into ...