B-24 "Liberator"
SPAN: 110' LENGTH: 66'
APPROX MAX SPEED: 310 mph
SERVICE CEILING: over 30,000'
B-24 Liberator All American owned and flown by the Collings Foundation.
From http://home.sandiego.edu/~jcollins/specifications.html dedicated to Richard Collins
Notes:
* Serial numbers: 41-28574 to 41-29006; 41-29116 to 41-29608; 42-50277 to 42-50451; 42-51077 to 42-51225; 42-52077 to 42-52776; 42-64432 to 42-64501; 42-7465 to 42-7769; 42-94729 to 42-95503
* 1780 built by Ford at their Willow Run plant in 7 production blocks
* 738 assembled by Consolidated at their Fort Worth plant.
* 582 assembled by Douglas at their Tulsa plant.
SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 110 ft. 0 in.
Length: 67 ft. 2 in.
Height: 18 ft. 0 in.
Weight: 56,000 lbs. design gross weight
Armament: Ten .50-cal. and 12,800 lbs. of bombs
Engines: Four Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65 supercharged radials of 1,200 hp. each (take-off power)
Crew: Ten
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 290 mph.
Cruising speed: 215 mph.
Range: 3,700 miles (max. ferry range); 2,100 miles w/ 5,000 lbs. bomb load
Service Ceiling: 28,000 ft.
B-24J Consolidated Turret, A6B
From "WE WENT TO WAR Part V: The Planes We Flew: Australia/New Guinea Campaign"
B-24 Emerson Turret, A-15
From B24 AIRCRAFT RADIO SYSTEMS
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