Consolidated B-32 Dominator

The Consolidated B-32 Dominator, company Model 34, was an American heavy strategic bomber built for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Consolidated developed it in parallel with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress as a fallback in case the B-29 ran into trouble. The design grew out of the B-24 Liberator, with a twin tail on the early prototypes, a longer and rounder fuselage, a rounded nose and the same roller-type bomb bay doors, and it was meant to be pressurized and to carry remotely controlled gun turrets. The bomber reached units in the Pacific only in mid-May 1945, flew limited missions against Japanese targets and took part in the last air combat of the war. Only 118 airframes of all types were built before most orders were cancelled.