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The Fokker XHB-2 was a proposed heavy bomber envisaged by the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America in 1927. The leadership of the United States Army Air Corps found the XHB-2 design too radical to be a real proposition, so the design remained a paper project only.[1][2] Specifications{{Aircraft specs
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}}References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/hb2.html|title=Fokker-Atlantic XHB-2|website=www.joebaugher.com}}
2. ^Wagner, Ray. American Combat Planes of the 20th Century: A Comprehensive Reference. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Co, 2004. {{ISBN|0-930083-17-2}}.
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_atlantic_XHB-2.html|title=Atlantic XHB-2|website=www.historyofwar.org}}
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