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u-boats

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According to this only two subs were sunk by the B-18. Drutt (talk) 13:46, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you read the article closely, it indicates that both Digbys and Bolos accounted for four submarines. Another source indicates that the RCAF Eastern Air Command (EAC) Digbys carried out 11 attacks on U-boats. U-520 was confirmed sunk by Flying Officer F. Raymes' crew of No 10 (BR) Sqn, on 30 October 1942. I will alter the article accordingly. Bzuk (talk) 13:58, 21 November 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Here's another account. 2 were sunk by US planes (U-654, U-512) and 1 by the Canadians (U-520). Which was number four? Drutt (talk) 14:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be another RCAF attack that is disputed. For the sake of accuracy, I have re-edited that statement. See article. Bzuk (talk) 14:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC).[reply]


light bomber??

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i think this is wrong the A planes were considered as like bomber not the B, so i propose to change a medium bomber or simply bomber

It really needs a reliable reference rather than just being changed. MilborneOne (talk) 18:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It was developed in response to the same requirement that produced the B-17 so bomber/heavy bomber would be more appropriate. That bomb loads increased several-fold from when the aircraft was designed until retired does not change that.NiD.29 (talk) 19:24, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

when did Douglas stop producing it?

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The InfoBox just says Produced 1936- and doesn't give an end date. I am pretty sure they dont still produce the B-18 today, so does anyone know when they stopped producing the plane? 75.54.91.118 (talk) 22:48, 3 March 2012 (UTC) Guest[reply]

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It's said that the original Saab logo shows a B-18. Can someone verify? // Liftarn (talk)

It more likely actually shows the Saab 18 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.130.20 (talk) 15:58, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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B-18 37-505

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The survivors list says that 37-505 was a B-18B, yet an image to the right calls it a B-18A. So, which variant was it?

37-505; B-18A, then B-18B, then back to B-18A

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Due to some sort of glitch I cannot find a 'reply' button on the previous question, so here is my two cents.

37-505 started out life as a B-18 or B-18A, and was subsequently converted to a B-18B sub-hunter (around 1941/42).

Even before the end of the war it was struck off charge, but after a few years it surfaced as a crop duster out of Westminster (MD) and later Dalhart (TX), before finding its way to Ensenada, Baja California where it hauled fish for a living as XB-LAJ.

Somewhere along the way it lost it's MAD tail, and quite possibly the radar too, although the B-18B nose radome was retained, as shown in three different photographs circa 1981-83 that I eventually tracked down.

After languishing at Davis-Monthan AFB '505 was airfreighted by C-5A to McChord Air Museum where they began a restoration project involving the removal of the radome (& other B-18B features). Basically they reverse-engineered it back to something resembling a B-18A, thus allowing the museum to display it as an aircraft of the type that once flew from McChord AFB.

How much of that exact story is published in the museum guide is anybody's guess. And whatever your feelings may be about the methods they have employed, it is not a B-18B anymore. That's all folks!

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