The B-18 Bolo Bomber was the first medium-sized bomber the Douglas Aircraft Company ever created. It was designed to become a central component of The United States airpower. But after its development, the aircraft was in the shadow of far superior bombers, like the B-17 Flying Fortress. The plane soon became a footnote in American aviation history. By the start of the 1940s, the Bolo was considered underpowered for modern war; the aircraft was deemed unsuitable for the role it had been specific
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