The Consolidated B-32 Dominator was developed in parallel with the more famous Boeing B-29 Superfortress but was produced in relatively low numbers. The B-32 Dominator entered service in the closing days of WWII and was quickly withdrawn from service after the surrender of Japan. As fate would have it, the Dominator was both the last US heavy bomber to enter service during the conflict and the last Allied aircraft to see aerial combat.
The B-32 is another testament to the overwhelming industrial capabilities of the United States during the conflict. The United States' aviation output was massively more than any other participant (comparing US total numbers to USSR numbers is a false comparison as Soviet production was mostly easy to produce fighters). The United States' forgotten strategic bomber The main powers that produced heavy bombers in WWII were the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, with the United States building the most.
The most expensive project of the entire conflict was not the Manhattan Project; it was the Boeing B-29 Superfortress . The B-29 entered service late in WWII and was used in the Pacific Theater against Japan . Consolidated B-32 Dominator: Type: Heavy strategic bomber First flew: September 1942 Served: January 1945 to August 1945 Number built: 118 Developed from: B-29 Superfortress Surviving aircraft: None Only 118 B-32 Dominators were built—low numbers compared to the Boeing B-29, which had 3,970 built.
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