Bowlus TG-12


The Bowlus TG-12 was a proposed American training glider conceived by Bowlus in the early 1940s.

Design and development

The TG-12 was designed as a two-seat training glider with a side-by-side cockpit configuration, based on the company's XBM-5. Three TG-12s were ordered on 28 April 1942 with the serials 42-96830/96832 along with a static test airframe, but the order was cancelled on 5 August 1943 without any aircraft being built.

Variants

;Bowlus XTG-12-BS: 2 completed, 3 ordered
;Bowlus XTG-12A-BS: conflicting info., poss. side-by-side one ordered/poss. civil impress.
;Bowlus TG-12A-BS: production model, contract cancelled
(Note: the TG-12B was a separate design: a Bowlus built Mitchell M1PU3

Specifications