A patent for this military airplane design by Milton F. Stoughton was awarded to Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation of Delaware in 1944. View Full Patent:USPTO | Google
This looks like the plane built as the XP-54, AKA informally as the "Swoose Goose". Wartime secrecy may have had something to do with the patent date, because it was developed for a competition that occurred when we were still just playing the Arsenal for Democracy role prior to entering the war.
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Asymmetrical? How crazy is that!!
The asymmetrical wing is nuts. Any idea why?
Rogue-z is here!
Swoose Goose
This looks like the plane built as the XP-54, AKA informally as the "Swoose Goose". Wartime secrecy may have had something to do with the patent date, because it was developed for a competition that occurred when we were still just playing the Arsenal for Democracy role prior to entering the war.