Worked on assemblies at Douglas Aircraft, maintained APS 23 and AP 44 Bom/Nav equipment on board at Hurlburt, AFB, FL, Tracked one that went down in the Great Salt Lake at Det #1, 1st Radar Bomb Scoring Sqn. Entire crew lost.
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B-66 Destroyer Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Douglas B-66 Destroyer Length 75.13 ft | 22.90 m Width 72.51 ft | 22.10 m Height 23.62 ft | 7.20 m Engine(s) 2 x Allison J71-A-11 / J71-A-13 turbojet engines generating 10,200lbs of thrust each. Empty Weight 42,549 lbs | 19,300 kg MTOW 83,776 lbs | 38,000 kg Max Speed 634 mph | 1,020 km/h | 551 kts Max Range 2,467 miles | 3,970 km Ceiling 39,370 ft | 12,000 m | 7.5 miles Climb Rate 5,000 ft/min (1,524 m/min) Hardpoints 0 Armament 2 x 20mm cannons in remote-operated tail turret assembly.
Up to 15,000lbs of internal ordnance Accommodations 3