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B-18 Bolo
B-18 Bolo 
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Working on B-18A Bolo Wings
Working on B-18A Bolo Wings 
B-18A Bolo Production Line
B-18A Bolo Production Line 
B-18A Bolo Production Line
B-18A Bolo Production Line 
B-18A Bolo Production Line
B-18A Bolo Production Line 
B-18A Bolos at Santa Monica Facility
B-18A Bolos at Santa Monica Facility 
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Mock Up of B-23 Dragon Tail Turret 
Outer Wing Rivetter, Douglas A-20
Outer Wing Rivetter, Douglas A-20 
B-18A Bolo in Santa Monica
B-18A Bolo in Santa Monica 
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Douglas A-20G Assembly, Santa Monica 
TBD-1 Devastator Assembly
TBD-1 Devastator Assembly 
Number 301 DC-2 on Factory Floor
Number 301 DC-2 on Factory Floor 
B-18A Bolo Modification at Clover Field
B-18A Bolo Modification at Clover Field 
Douglas Aircraft Worker in Wheel Well of a DC-3
Douglas Aircraft Worker in Wheel Well of a DC-3 
B-18 Bolo at Clover Field
B-18 Bolo at Clover Field 
Douglas O-25A in Factory
Douglas O-25A in Factory 
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Man on the Tail of a DC-7 in the Factory 
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B-18 Bolo on Tarmac 
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XB-19 Behemoth in Factory 
Douglas "Rosies" Wing Jig Crew Assemble a Boeing B-17 During WWII
Douglas "Rosies" Wing Jig Crew Assemble a Boeing B-17 During WWII 
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B-18A Bolo Wings on Stand

Douglas B-18 Bolo (1936-1940): The twin-engine B-18 Bolo (1936 - 1940) was the first Douglas medium bomber to enter production. It was basically a combat version of the DC-2 commercial transport. The Army named it Bolo because the B-18 was considered, in 1936, to be the Air Corps’ sharp edged offensive weapon. The B-18’s mission was to find and bomb an approaching enemy fleet while still a thousand miles from U.S. shores. The B-18A Bolo was designed with watertight outer wing panels and had hydraulically retractable landing gear and flaps. The Bolo was sent to Air Corps units in the Panama Canal Zone, Hawaii, and the Philippines. It was the first modern offensive weapon in the Pacific theatre, and the first indication of the build-up of air power over sea power as the first line of defense. By 1941, B-18 Bolos, although obsolete, made up most of the bomber force deployed outside the continental United States when the war began. But the B-18’s saw very little actual combat. They were used primarily and successfully for anti-submarine operations in American and Caribbean waters. Twenty served as general reconnaissance bombers with the Royal Canadian Air Force as Digby Mk1s. After the war, a few were stripped of military gear and converted for cargo use or crop spraying. 
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Unique identifier BI21552 
Boeing ID sm14133 
Type Image 
Size 4833px × 5998px   27MB 
License type RM 
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