B-18 Bolo Photographs | World War II Database

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Overhead view of a Douglas B-18 Bolo bomber in flight, showing the close design similarities to the rugged Douglas C-47 Skytrain, mid-1930s	T/Sgt. Raymond A. Heilman, Jr. and fellow crew of the 11th Bomber Group Heavy of the USAAF 42nd Squadron posing by a B-18 Bolo bomber, Schofield Barracks, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 1940	B-18 Bolo bomber at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, Jan 1940	Aircraft Mechanic Class 2A posing for their graduation photo in front of a B-18 Bolo bomber at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 5 Jun 1940

Aerial view looking west at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1940-41. Note B-18 Bolo bombers parked on the pad that would become Hangar 5.	B-18 Bolo bomber of the 25th Bomb Group at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1941. Note the hangar under construction in the background.	B-18 Bolo bomber of the 25th Bomb Group taking off from Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1941.	B-18 Bolo bombers taxiing at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1941. Note Hangars 3 and 2 still under construction in the distance.

B-18 Bolo bomber port wing with low-drag experimental panel, Langley Field, Virginia, United States, 1 Jan 1941; note P-43 Lancer fighter in background	Bomb damage to Hangars 15-17 and 11-13 at Hickam Field, Oahu, at 1700 on 7 Dec 1941; note B-18 bomber in hanger	B-18 Bolo resting at an airfield, pre-May 1942	B-18A in flight, pre-May 1942

Canadians pulling the wreckage of a Digby Mark I aircraft out of Freshwater Bay at Dover, Dominion of Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), after the plane crashed into the bay on 2 Jan 1942	YB-17 Flying Fortress bomber at rest at Langley Field, Virginia, United States, May 1942, photo 1 of 2; note tail of two B-18 Bolo and an A-20 Havoc aircraft in background	YB-17 Flying Fortress bomber at rest at Langley Field, Virginia, United States, May 1942, photo 2 of 2; note B-18 Bolo and two A-20 Havoc aircraft in background	Henry Arnold awarding Doolittle Raiders at Bolling Field, Washington DC, United States, 27 Jun 1942; note B-18 Bolo aircraft in background

B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at rest, silhouetted by the setting sun, Langley Field, Virginia, United States, Jul 1942; note B-18 Bolo and two A-20 Havoc aircraft in background	Aerial view of the tower, hangars, and pad at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1943. Aircraft seen include C-46, C-47, C-54, B-17, B-25, B-18, B-34, A-20, and perhaps others.	B-18 Bolo aircraft at an airfield in Panama, Feb-Jun 1943	A B-18 bomber of the USAAF 27th Bomb Group, Eagle Farm air base, Brisbane, Australia, Feb-Jun 1943