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Contact Info
Home Town Odessa, Texas
Last Address Odessa, Texas
Date of Passing Oct 24, 2003
Location of Interment Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas
Wall/Plot Coordinates Fountain 571 1
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
He survived 3 years and 4 months of brutal treatment as a POW in the Philippines and Japan, including the Bataan Death March and an extremely long journey on one of the "hell ships".
His photos show him as a POW in 1944 and after repatriation and recuperation in 1945.
Other Comments:
Sources:
Book: "We Volunteered", A Biography of Carl Robert Ruse, Survivor of the Bataan Death March and Prisoner of the Japanese 1942-1945, by Timothy C. Ruse, 2010. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
1941-1942, P-35 Seversky
From Year 1941
To Year 1942
Personal Memories
Not Specified
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P-35 Seversky Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Specifications (P-35A)
General characteristics
* Crew: One * Length: 26 ft 11 in (8.2 m) * Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (11.0 m) * Height: 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) * Wing area: 219.5 ft² (20.4 m²) * Empty weight: 4,565 lb (2,070 kg) * Loaded weight: 6,105 lb (2,770 kg) * Max takeoff weight: 8,688 lb (3,940 kg) * Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-45 Twin Wasp radial engine, 1,050 hp (783 kW)
Performance
* Maximum speed: 310 mph (496 km/h) * Cruise speed: 260 mph (418 km/h) * Range: 950 mi (1,530 km) * Service ceiling: 31,400 ft (9,570 m) * Rate of climb: 1,918 ft/min (9.74 m/s) * Wing loading: 27.8 lb/ft² (136.0 kg/m²) * Power/mass: 0.17 hp/lb (0.28 kW/kg)
Armament
2x 0.30 in machine guns; 2x 0.50 in machine guns; up to 350 lb (160 kg) of bombs
