Lockheed manufactured the first PV-1 Venturas in 1941 for use in England. By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its own land-based heavy bomber ...

This was the Lockheed Constellation ... after which development of the P-38 and PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber took precedence. Meanwhile, the USAAF took over the production order for the Model ...