Lockheed XB-30

Lockheed XB-30
Scale model of the Lockheed XB-30 bomber concept.
Role Heavy bomber
Manufacturer Lockheed Corporation
First flight n/a
Status Design only
Primary user United States Army Air Forces
Number built 0
Developed from L-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.

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