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Casualty Info
Home Town Pottstown, PA
Last Address Yontan Airfield, Okinawa
Casualty Date Aug 18, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Japan
Conflict WWII - Pacific Theater of Operations//Leyte Campaign (1944-45)
Location of Interment Old Saint Aloysius Cemetery - Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Aircraft/Missile Information
Specifications StatsCentral Model Consolidated B-32 Dominator Length 83.01 ft | 25.30 m Width 135.17 ft | 41.20 m Height 33.14 ft | 10.10 m Engine(s) 4 x Wright R-3350-23 Duplex Cyclone 18-cylinder air-cooled turbocharged radial piston engines delivering 2,200hp each. Empty Weight 59,525 lbs | 27,000 kg MTOW 99,208 lbs | 45,000 kg Max Speed 357 mph | 575 km/h | 310 kts Max Range 2,992 miles | 4,815 km Ceiling 36,089 ft | 11,000 m | 6.8 miles Climb Rate 658 ft/min Hardpoints 0 Armament 2 x 12.7mm M2 machine guns in nose turret 2 x 12.7mm M2 machine guns in forward dorsal turret 2 x 12.7mm M2 machine guns in rearward dorsal turret 2 x 12.7mm M2 machine guns in tail position 2 x 12.7mm M2 machine guns in ventral turret position
Up to 20,000lbs of internal ordnance Accommodations 10
