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CONSOLIDATED B-24D LIBERATOR

1939

	HEAVY BOMBER

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CONSOLIDATED B-24D LIBERATOR

CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :	HEAVY BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :	UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :	CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
FIRST FLIGHT :	1941
SERVICE DELIVERY :	FEBRUARY 1942
NUMBER BUILT :	2,698

SPECIFICATION
SPAN :	110 ft. 0 in
LENGTH :	64 ft. 4 in
HEIGHT :	17 ft. 11 in
WING AREA :	1,048 sq ft (97.4 sq m)
WEIGHT EMPTY :	32,505 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :	--
WEIGHT MAX :	60,000 lbs (27240 kg)
ARMAMENT :	11 x .50 in Browning Machine Guns;
	1 x Flexible Machine Gun Mounted in Nose,
	2 x Flexible Machine Guns in Left and Right of Nose Section,
	2 x In Powered Top Turret
	2 x In Ball Turret Underneath Plane
	2 x In Left and Right Waist Gunner Positions
	2 x In Gun Turret in Rear of Aircraft
BOMB LOAD :	8,000 lbs of Bombs
POWER PLANT :	4 x Pratt & Whitney R-1830-43 supercharged radials, Rated at
	1,200 hp each (takeoff power)
CREW :	10 - Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Bombardier, Radio Operator, Top
	Turret Gunner, 2 x Waist Gunners, Ball Turret, Tail gunner

PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :	303 mph
CRUISING SPEED :	200 mph
LANDING SPEED :	--
CLIMB RATE :	1,100 ft/min (335 m/min)
RANGE :	4,600 miles Max; 1,080 miles (1730 km) with 5,000 lbs (2268 kg)
	Bomb Load (Operating Radius)
SERVICE CEILING :	28,000 ft (8540 m)

	REFERENCES
	Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2. McDowell, Ernest R. B-25 Mitchell In Action. Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc. 1978. ISBN 0-89747-033-8. Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7. Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

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