I am very hesitant to share these drawings of the Boeing 404 as I am sure some "researcher" will steal them. However, in the interests of furthering aviation history and research I present to you a 3-view drawing of the Boeing Model 404 done from original USAAF drawings in my files. I am in the process of long-term research on a future book title for which these were done. I have a large amount of data on the 404.
The other drawing is a comparison of the what would have been the Martin-produced version of the B-35 (Northrop had nowhere NEAR the production capacity to mass-produce an aircraft of this size) and the Boeing 404. As you can see, the 404 was a much larger aircraft.
Presented for you consideration,
AlanG
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