WORLD'S LARGEST BOMBER TAKES SHAPE.-This photo diagram shows the world's largest airplane, the Douglas B-19 long-range bomber, as it looked in its steel jig at the Santa Monica plant of the Douglas Aircraft Co. recently. The black lines show the size of the centre section and wing minus 12ft. of tips. It was built by 50 craftsmen and 100 engineers, 200 of whom are shown on the Jig's seven working levels This photo was taken from the tail section, which will be joined to the nose section behind the jig in a few weeks, after the huge steel skeleton of the supporting structure is cut away. Flight tests on the giant ship are scheduled for late this summer. The most formidable sky-craft in history, this new U.S. army bomber weighs 160,000lb., fully loaded, has 6000 h.p. in four engines, and a crew of ten. It is of all-metal construction, with retractable tricycle landing gear, nose-wheel, and all-metal

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1940, Page 9

WORLD'S LARGEST BOMBER TAKES SHAPE.-This photo diagram shows the world's largest airplane, the Douglas B-19 long-range bomber, as it looked in its steel jig at the Santa Monica plant of the Douglas Aircraft Co. recently. The black lines show the size of the centre section and wing minus 12ft. of tips. It was built by 50 craftsmen and 100 engineers, 200 of whom are shown on the Jig's seven working levels This photo was taken from the tail section, which will be joined to the nose section behind the jig in a few weeks, after the huge steel skeleton of the supporting structure is cut away. Flight tests on the giant sh i p are scheduled for late this summer. The most formidable sky-craft in history, this new U.S. army bomber weighs 160,000lb., fully loaded, has 6000 h.p. in four engines, and a crew of ten. It is of all-metal construction, with retractable tricycle landing gear, nose-wheel, and all-metal