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MARTIN B-26G MARAUDER
1944
 
MEDIUM BOMBER
  
     
 
 
     
 
DATA
  
 
MARTIN B-26G MARAUDER
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 MEDIUM BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 GLENN L MARTIN COMPANY
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1944
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1944
NUMBER BUILT :
 893
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 71 ft
LENGTH :
 56 ft 1 in
HEIGHT :
 20 ft 4 in
WING AREA :
 658 sq ft
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 25,300 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 ---
WEIGHT MAX :
 38,200 lbs
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-43 Double Wasp 18-cylinder Two Row
 
 Radials of 2,000 hp each
ARMAMENT :
 10 x .50-cal. machine guns - 1 x Flexible in nose
 
 1 x Twin Gun turret Top, 2 x Flexible .50 cal Waist Guns
 
 2 x .50 cal Guns in Powered Tail Turret, & 4 x .50 cal Fixed Gun Pods
 
 on eithr side of fuselage
 
 
BOMB LOAD :
 5,200 lbs. of Bombs Max
CREW :
 7 - Pilot, Co-Pilot, Bombardier, Navigator/Radio Operator,
 
 2 x Waist Gunners, & Tail Gunner
   
PERFORMANCE
LANDING SPEED :
 
CRUISING SPEED :
 216 mph
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 283 mph @ 5,000 ft
CLIMB RATE :
 Climb to 26,240 ft in 11 mins
RANGE :
 1,100 miles with 4,000 lbs. bomb load
SERVICE CEILING :
 19,800 ft
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Smith, J. Richard & Creek, Eddie J. Me 262 - Volume Four. Connecticut: AIRtime Publishing Inc., 2000. ISBN 1-903223-040.

  
 
     
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