The American Navy’s newest and largest patrol bomber, a huge four-motored “flying battleship,” in a test flight over San Diego August 24. It weighs four tons, cost a million dollars to build, and is capable of extending the American Navy s bombing radius to four thousand miles. It is said to be the most heavily armed aircraft of its size in the world.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21155, 30 September 1938, Page 16
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63The American Navy’s newest and largest patrol bomber, a huge four-motored “flying battleship,” in a test flight over San Diego August 24. It weighs four tons, cost a million dollars to build, and is capable of extending the American Navy s bombing radius to four thousand miles. It is said to be the most heavily armed aircraft of its size in the world. Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21155, 30 September 1938, Page 16
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