Friday, June 01, 2007 - 05:54 AM UTC
I didn't think I'd ever see a book (and it looks like a nice one) about this obscure aircraft.
A little known fact is that the Douglas B-18 Bolo was America's most numerous front line bomber at the time of Pearl Harbor.
The full title is "Douglas B-18 Bolo - The Ultimate Look: from Drawing Board to U-Boat Hunter" by William Wolf (ISBN 978-0-7643-2581-6) USD $59.95 (retail).
Chapters:

  1. Donald Douglas, the DC Airliners, and the B-18
  2. Prewar American Bomber Development and Procurement Policies
  3. Development of the B-18 DC Bomber
  4. The B-18: Description
  5. The B-18 in the Continental US: 1937 to the War's End
  6. The B-18 in Hawaii
  7. The B-18 in the Philippines
  8. The B-18 in Alaska
  9. Anti-Submarine Warfare: The B-18 Finds its Niche
  10. Canadian and Foreign B-18s
  11. B-23 Dragon: B-18 Upgrade
  12. Disposition and Obscurity

The B-18 description chapter has interior shots of a restored B-18.
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