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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 0295.PDF
FEBRUARY IOTH. I 944 151 ing Attitudes Consolidated B-24H Liberator IV PROBABLY the most successful American long-range heavy bomber, the Consolidated Liberator IV (B-24H), is at least as well defended as the Fortress II and carries an 8,000 lb. (4 U.S. tons) bomb-load. Top speed and maximum range are about the same as those of the Fortress. The Liberator's armament now consists of nose, dorsal, tail and retractable ball power-operated turrets mounting 0.5m. machine guns. Four 1,200 h.p. 14-cylinder Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp engines are mounted in oval underslung nacelles, which, with the exceptionally high aspect-ratio Davis high-wing, form prominent recognition features. The fuselage is deep and slab- sided, and the high rectangular tailplane carries large twin end- plate fins and rudders of symmetrical shape. A tricycle under carriage is employed. Dimensions: Span, noft.; length, 64ft.; height, 19ft.; wiug area. 1,050 sq ft. i A STIRLING (Four 1,600 h.p. Hercules or Cyclones) THE Stirling carries a similar ! amb-load to that ef the Lancaster, and also has a top speed in the region ol 300 m.p.h., but its maximum range is rather less, being some thing over 2,000 miles. Power is provided either by four 1,600 h.p. Bristol Hercules sleeve-valve radial engines, or Wright Cyclones of the same power, and the armament com prises three power-operated turrets at nose, tail, and dorsal position, together mounting eight 0.303m. machine guns. Recognition points include long, angular fuselage with raised cockpit cover, tapered wings with small round tips and dihedral •kjroni the roots, tailplane of similar plan, and large single fin and rudder. The four engines are widely spaced on the wing, the inner pair being underslung, and the outer ones centred on the leading edge. Dimensions: Span, 99ft. iin.; length, 87ft. 3HI.; height, 22ft. gin.; wing area. 1,460 sq. ft. Short Stirling Heavy Bomber
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