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Casualty Info
Home Town Hammond, Indiana
Last Address Florennes/Juzaine Airfield (A-78), Belgium
Casualty Date Dec 19, 1944
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Belgium
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Aircraft/Missile Information
General characteristics
* Crew: 2-3 (pilot, radar operator, optional gunner) * Length: 49 ft 7 in (15.11 m) * Wingspan: 66 ft 0 in (20.12 m) * Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m) * Wing area: 662.36 ft² (61.53 m²) * Empty weight: 23,450 lb (10,637 kg) * Loaded weight: 29,700 lb (13,471 kg) * Max takeoff weight: 36,200 lb (16,420 kg) * Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-65W Double Wasp radial engines, 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) each * Propellers: four-bladed Curtiss Electric propeller, 1 per engine o Propeller diameter: 146 in (3.72 m) *
* Main wheel track: 17 ft 2 in (5.24 m) * Fuel capacity: o Internal: 640 US gal (2,423 L) of AN-F-48 100/130-octane rating gasoline o External: Up to four 165 US gal (625 L) or 310 US gal (1,173 L) tanks under the wings * Oil capacity: 22 US gal (83.3 L) of AN-0-8 oil per engine
Performance
* Maximum speed: 318 knots (366 mph, 589 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,095 m) * Combat range: 530 nm (610 mi, 982 km) * Ferry range: 1,650 nm (1,900 mi, 3,060 km) with four external fuel tanks * Service ceiling 33,100 ft (10,600 m) * Rate of climb: 2,540 ft/min (12.9 m/s) * Wing loading: 45 lb/ft² (219 kg/m²) * Power/mass: 0.15 hp/lb (25 W/kg) * Time to altitude: 12 min to 20,000 ft (6,100 m) (1,667fpm)
Armament
* Guns: o 4× 20 mm Hispano M2 cannon in ventral fuselage, 200 rounds per gun o 4× 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns in upper turret, 560 rounds per gun * Bombs: for ground attack, four bombs of up to 1,600 lb (726 kg) each or six 5 inch (127 mm) HVAR unguided rockets could be carried under the wings. Some aircraft could also carry one 1,000 lb (454 kg) bomb under the fuselage.