Lockheed XB-30

Lockheed XB-30
Scale model of the Lockheed XB-30 bomber concept.
General information
TypeHeavy bomber
ManufacturerLockheed Corporation
StatusDesign only
Primary userUnited States Army Air Forces
Number built0
History
First flightn/a
Developed fromL-049 Constellation

The Lockheed XB-30 (company model L-249)[1] was the design submitted by Lockheed after the request by the United States Army Air Forces for a very heavy bomber, the same request that led to the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the Douglas XB-31 and Consolidated B-32 Dominator.

  1. ^ Stringfellow and Bowers 1992, p. 31.