The genesis of the B-36 can be traced to early 1941, prior to the entry of the U.S. into World War II. At the time it appeared there was a very real chance that Britain might fall to the Nazi 'Blitz', making a strategic bombing effort by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC...
Also, more images have been added, including some of her journal, and various other images such as a map of Cuba showing her early travels there, an image of the telegram the captain of the USS Maine sent to the secretary of the Navy the night the Maine exploded, and various interesting...