With its radar-absorbing carbon impregnated plywood skin and swept-back single wing, the 1944 Horton Ho 229 was arguably the first stealth aircraft.
The US Stealth bomber: Based on a 1944 German design
The US military made one available to Northrop Aviation, the company which would produce the $2bn B-2 Stealth bomber - to all intents and purposes a modern clone of the Horten - a generation later.
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