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Richardson, Robert Charlwood, III, Brig Gen USAF(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Rockford
Last Address Alexandria, VA
Date of Passing Jan 02, 2011
Location of Interment U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery (VLM) - West Point, New York
Aircraft/Missile Information
Specifications StatsCentral Model Bell P-59A Airacomet Length 38.16 ft | 11.63 m Width 45.51 ft | 13.87 m Height 12.34 ft | 3.76 m Engine(s) 2 x General Electric I-A turbojet engines generating 2,800lbs of thrust each. Empty Weight 7,937 lbs | 3,600 kg MTOW 12,699 lbs | 5,760 kg Max Speed 413 mph | 664 km/h | 359 kts Max Range 240 miles | 386 km Ceiling 46,194 ft | 14,080 m | 8.7 miles Climb Rate 3,200 ft/min (975.36 m/min) Hardpoints 2 Armament 1 x 37mm cannon 3 x 12.7mm machine guns
External ordnance load of up to 2,000lbs. Accommodations 1
Major Variants
* XP-59 - Initial Prototype Designation; None produced; based on the smaller XP-52 pusher-prop design. * XP-59A - Designation of early batch of AAF development platforms; 3 examples produced. * YP-59 - Pre-Production Model Designation * YP-59A - Fitted with more powerful engine; service testing platform; 13 examples produced. * P-59A - Initial Production Model Designation; 20 examples produced for the AAF. * P-59B - Improved P-59A models; 30 examples produced with a further 50 on order eventually cancelled.
