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Specifications
| Type: High-Altitude Heavy Bombing Origin: Boeing Models: Model 345, B-29 to B-29C Crew: Ten to Fourteen First Flight: September 21, 1942 Squadron Delivery: July 1943 Combat Debut: June 5, 1944 Final Delivery: May 1946 Production: 3,000+ Powerplant: Model: Wright R-3350-23 Duplex Cyclone Type: 18-cylinder radials with 2 turbine driven turbochargers Number: Four Horsepower: 2,200 Dimensions: Wing Span: 141 ft. 3 in. (43.05m) Length: 99 ft. (30.2m) Height: 27 ft. 9 in. (8.46m) Wing Area: N/A |
Weights: Empty: 74,500 lb. (33,795 kg.) Loaded: 135,000 lb. (61,240 kg.) Performance: Max. Speed: 357 mph (575 km/h) Cruising Speed: 290 mph (467 km/h) Climb to 25,000 ft. (7620m): 43 minutes Service Ceiling: 36,000 ft. (10,973 m) Range (With 10,000 lb. bombload): 3,250 miles (5230 km) Armament: Four GE Twin 0.50 in. in turrets above and below. -Sighted from nose or three waist sighting stations. Bell tail turret with one 20mm cannon and two 0.50 machine guns. Bomb Load: Internal load of 20,000 lb. (9072 kg.) |
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
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