de Havilland four-engined fast bomber

[cluttonfred]

Technically the Bristol Blenheim was also developed from the civilian Bristol Type 142 transport, though I suspect that military applications were always in mind. Early models were not very successful as they were not fast enough to escape interception and not well-armed enough to fight it off, but the basic design was sound and the later Beaufort and Beaufighter developments performed yeoman service.

 

[357Mag]

"Albatross suffered stuctural failures ..."
That photo looks similar to several others showing Fw 200 Condors, another type, which
was (ab-)used as a make-shift bomber.
Was there ever a succesful bomber design derived directly from a passenger aircraft ?
The only one I can think of in the moment is the B-18, but I don't know, if there was more
than a superficial resemblance left with the DC2 in the end.

Jemiba -

Howdy !

While a Naval “ patrol “ aircraft, the USN P-8A is a weaponized iteration of the Boeing
737-800.

The P-8 has been configured w/ a center wing bomb bag ( “ weapons bay “ ).
In that regard, it reminds of the B-18 & B-23 offshoots from the DC-3 liner.

And also…. while technically a advanced “ bomber training “, the Beech AT-11 which had a central wings bomb bay w/ internal racks. The AT-11 was an offshoot of the civil Beech 18…. itself an early commuter / feeder liner. It was configured to drop practice .
bombs, and even sometimes had guns for gunnery practice. 99% of USAAC WWII bombadiers learned their skills on the AT-11.

With regards,
357Mag