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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...