un-edited-(sn 49-2688)-The Convair RB-36D, the jet-augumented version of the U.S. Air Force's intercontinental strategic bomber. Bomb bay was fitted with 14 cameras. The number 2 bay was used to carry up to eighty 100 lb. photo flash bombs for nighttime aerial photography. Four General Electric J-47 jet engines, mounted in pairs under outer wing edges, supplement six Pratt & Whitney piston engines-Not part of my personal collection
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