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DOUGLAS A-26C (B-26C) INVADER
1943
 
LIGHT BOMBER/ATTACK AIRCRAFT
  
     
 
 
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DOUGLAS A-26C-50 (B-26C) INVADER
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 LIGHT BOMBER/ATTACK AIRCRAFT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 Douglas Aircraft Company
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1943
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1943
NUMBER BUILT :
 1,091
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 70 ft 0 in (21.3 m)
LENGTH :
 51 ft 3 in (15.6 m)
HEIGHT :
 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
WING AREA :
 540 sq ft (164.6 m sq)
WING LOADING :
 ---
POWER LOADING :
 ---
ASPECT RATIO :
 ---
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 22,690 lb (10292 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 37,740 lb (17118.6 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 ---
ARMAMENT :
 2 × .50-cal M2 forward-firing Machine Guns,
 
 2 × .50 in M2 Machine Guns in Remote-Controlled Dorsal Turret,
 
 2 × .50-cal M2 Machine Guns in Remote-Controlled Ventral Turret
OPTIONAL :
 4-8 × .50-cal. Machine Gun Paired in Underwing Pods
PAYLOAD :
 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) of Bombs - (4,000 lbs (1814.4 kg) Internally/
 
 2,000 lbs (907.2 kg) Externally)
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Wright R-2800-79 Cyclone Radial Engines, Rated at
 
 2,000 hp, 2360 hp War Emergency
CREW :
 3
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 372 mph (598.7 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3048 m); 361 mph (581 km/h)
 
 at Sea Level
CRUISING SPEED :
 226 mph (363.7 km/h)
LANDING SPEED :
 ---
CLIMB RATE :
 2,745 ft/min (836.7 m/min)
RANGE :
 892 miles (1435.5 km) Combat Radius with 4,000 lbs (1814.4 kg)
 
 Bomb Load; 3,267 miles (5257.7 km) Ferry
SERVICE CEILING :
 20,450 ft (6233.2 m); 23,100 ft (7040.9 m) Combat Ceiling
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

  
 
     
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