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Typenumber XB-8
Type of aircraft
Bomber, 1930
Crew 4
Country U.S.
Date first flight 1930
Wingspan 64 ' 0 feet
Lenght 47' feet
Enginetype 2 Curtiss V-1570-23 Conquerors
Engine
power
600 hp
Performance Top speed 160 mph at sea level
Fokker XB-8

Fokker (Atlantic) XB-8

Fokker (Atlantic) XB-8

Fokker (Atlantic) XB-8

Bomber


The Fokker (Atlantic) XB-8 was ordered by the US Army as a bomber derivative of the YO-27 observation aircraft design.

The second prototype YO-27 was converted during assembly to a bomber configuration. The Douglas XB-7 was ordered at the same time and was a derivative of the YO-35 observation plane.

The XB-8 was much faster than the existing Keystone bombers already in service, but couldn't carry a heavy enough bomb load to be considered for production.

6 service test aircraft were ordered as YB-8 and Y1B-8, but all were delivered as Y1O-27s.

 

Fokker (Atlantic) XB-8

Crash 18 December 1930 at Kenilworth, D.C