Bomber with 10,000-mile Range
(Recd. 2 p.m.) WASHINGTON, August 8
The Eighth Army Air Force's huge experimental 836 bomber flew for 38 minutes to-day. Officials pronounced the flight as exceeding expectations. The 836 is described as the world’s largest land-based bomber. It is pov/ered with six engines, each of 3000 h.p.< and is' capable of carrying 30 tons of bombs. It has a range of 10,000 miles.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 August 1946, Page 8
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