The Huff-Daland LB-1 was an American
biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
light bomber
A light bomber is a relatively small and fast type of military bomber aircraft that was primarily employed before the 1950s. Such aircraft would typically not carry more than one ton of ordnance.
The earliest light bombers were intended to dr ...
aircraft operated by the
United States Army Air Service
The United States Army Air Service (USAAS)Craven and Cate Vol. 1, p. 9 (also known as the ''"Air Service"'', ''"U.S. Air Service"'' and before its legislative establishment in 1920, the ''"Air Service, United States Army"'') was the aerial warf ...
in the 1920s.
Derived from the XLB-1 prototype bought by the Army in
1923
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, the LB-1 development aircraft was powered by a single
Packard 2A-2500 engine and carried an extra crewman. It proved underpowered in service trials, and was replaced by the twin-engined
XLB-3.
Variants
;XLB-1: Prototype aircraft, powered by a 750 hp (559 kW) Packard 1A-2540 piston engine; one built (S/N 23-1250).
;LB-1: Single-engine light bomber biplane, powered by an 787 hp (587 kW) Packard 2A-2540 piston engine;
[Swanborough and Bowers 1963, p. 280.] nine built (S/N 26-377/385).
Operators
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United States Army Air Service
The United States Army Air Service (USAAS)Craven and Cate Vol. 1, p. 9 (also known as the ''"Air Service"'', ''"U.S. Air Service"'' and before its legislative establishment in 1920, the ''"Air Service, United States Army"'') was the aerial warf ...
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11th Bomb Squadron
The 11th Bomb Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force, 2d Operations Group, 2d Bomb Wing located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 11th is equipped with the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress.
The 11th is one of the oldest unit ...
[Maurer Maurer (1982). ]
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
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Specifications
See also
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Donald, David, ed. ''Encyclopedia of World Aircraft''. Etobicoke, ON: Prospero Books, 1997. .
* Swanborough, F.G. and Peter M. Bowers. ''United States Military Aircraft since 1909''. London: Putnam, 1963.
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