Boeing XP3B explained

The Boeing XP3B-1 (company designation Model 466) was a proposed patrol aircraft, developed by Boeing for use by the United States Navy in the late 1940s.^[1] It was planned to be powered by two Allison T40 turboprops driving contra-rotating propellers, and utilized tandem landing gear. The project was cancelled before any aircraft were built.^[2]

References

Bibliography

• Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Hinckley, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. .
• Bowers, Peter M. Boeing Aircraft since 1916. London: Putnam, Third edition, 1989. .

Notes and References

1. Bowers 1989, p.568.
2. Andrade 1979, p.206.