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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 0445.PDF
MARCH 2ND, 1944 ing Attitudes Grumman Avenger Torpedo-Bomber. THE Grumman Avenger is America's dernier cri in carriei-borne torpedo aircraft and the type is now being supplied to the Fleet Air Arm as well as the U.S. Navy. The engine is a 1,700 h.p. Wright double-row, 14-cyl. Cyclone and top speed is about 270 m.p.h. Carrying a 22in. torpedo,-the Avenger has a reasonably good defensive armament consisting of three 0.5m. machine guns firing respectively from a bubble turret at the rear of the "glasshouse" covering the cockpits, from a ventral position aft of the torpedo bay, and from a blast trough on the starboard side of the nose. Recognition points include square-tipped wings tapering from a flat rectangular centre-section, large area tailplane with curved trailing-edge and tips, and large angular fin and rudder. Dimensions: Span 54ft 2in., length 41ft., height r6ft. 5in., wing area 504 sq. ft NAKAJIMA T97 Mk.3 (700 h.p. Hikari "3") BEARING an obvious resemblance tn a Northrop, the Nakajima T97 Mk.III Navy torpedo-bomber, which has the S.W. Pacific code name of Kate, carries its i8in. torpedo at an angle to the underside of the tapered fuselage. Power is supplied by a 700 h.p. Hikari " 3 " 9-cyl. radial engine in a short cowling and top speed is 195 m.p.h. Later versions cpy have the 900 h.p Kinsei engine, giving a top speed of Z25 m.p.h. Two 7.7 mm. machine guns in the cowling and two more in the aft cockpit comprise the armament. Recognition points include wide-span tapered wings of large size for the fuselage, dihedral from a flat rectangular centre- section with large fillets, wide, well-tapered tailplane, fairly small round-topped fin and rudder, and long " glasshouse." Dimensions: Span 51ft. iin., length 34ft. 6in., height 12ft. 4m., wing area 370 sq. ft. Nakajima T07 Mk. Ill Navy Torpedo-Bomber.
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