Roden 1/144 Roden Convair B36B Peacemaker Early USAF BomberIn early 1941, almost a year before the United States entered World War II, the Army Air Corps invited leading aircraft companies to participate in a competition to produce a transcontinental heavy bomber that could reach targets at a very great distance from America, at least 6 7,000 kilometers. This was a rather ambitious challenge, as even the latest B 17 had a combat radius of only 3,250 km. In April 1941, a preliminary specification for the