The B-10 was the first USAAC all-metal monoplane bomber to be built in numbers. Its innovations included: internal bomb storage, retractable landing gear, a rotating gun turret, and enclosed cockpit. It was much faster than its contemporary biplane bombers and as fast as most fighters of the day. The USAAC’s order of 121 B-10s in the mid-Thirties was its largest purchase of bombers since WW I.
Martin B-10 Bomber, of VB-10, from Langley Field, VA |
Martin B-10 Bomber |
Both photos taken at East Boston airport, c. 1937.