YB-49 Northrop

YB-49
YB-49 in color
Role	Strategic bomber
Manufacturer	Northrop Corporation
Designed by	Jack Northrop
First flight	21 October 1947
Status	Prototype only
Primary user	United States Air Force
Number built	3 converted from YB-35 2 YB-49 and one YRB-49A, more incomplete examples scrapped
Developed from	Northrop YB-35

The Northrop YB-49 was a prototype jet-powered flying wing medium bomber aircraft developed by Northrop for the United States Air Force shortly after World War II. It was a development of the piston-engined YB-35, and the two YB-49s actually built were both converted YB-35 test aircraft. The aircraft was never to enter production, however, being passed over in favor of the more conventional Convair B-36 in service.