page_title: Great Lakes BG
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Great Lakes BG / Variants
caption_attribution_description: The Great Lakes XB2G-1 (BuNo 9722) in flight in 1936. The XB2G-1 differed from the BG-1 in having a retractable landing gear and an enclosed bomb bay. However, it was outclassed by contemporary monoplanes like the Vought SB2U of the Northrop BT-1. Note the open bomb bay.
context_page_description: The Great Lakes BG was an American carrier-based dive bomber of the 1930s. Designed and built by the Great Lakes Aircraft Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 61 were used by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps from 1934 to 1940.
context_section_description: XBG-1
  Prototype. Open cockpit and powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1535-64 radial engine, one built.
  BG-1
  Production version with enclosed cockpit and powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1535-82 radial engine, 60 built.
  XB2G-1
  Developed version with retractable undercarriage and an enclosed bomb bay. One prototype only.
caption: The XB2G-1 with a retractable landing gear, 1936.
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