Location:In Flight
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1938 to 13 September 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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The huge XB-15 bomber, designed in 1934 but not flown until 1937, after the smaller B-17. Underpowered and slow, the sole XB-15 served as a transport aircraft during WWII, designated XC-105. This photo was taken near New York: top left is Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, on the right is the Gerritsen Beach neighbourhood and the Gerritsen Inlet Bridge below the tail leads to Floyd Bennett Field. Photo from: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:35-277
Aircraft Version:Boeing XB-15
C/n (msn):1964
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1938 to 13 September 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1938 to 13 September 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:403786Submit Correction
View count: 3477
The huge XB-15 bomber, designed in 1934 but not flown until 1937, after the smaller B-17. Underpowered and slow, the sole XB-15 served as a transport aircraft during WWII, designated XC-105. This photo was taken near New York: top left is Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, on the right is the Gerritsen Beach neighbourhood and the Gerritsen Inlet Bridge below the tail leads to Floyd Bennett Field. Photo from: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:35-277
Aircraft Version:Boeing XB-15
C/n (msn):1964
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1938 to 13 September 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive