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Contact Info
Home Town Hudson Falls
Last Address 3620 SW Archer Road, #D-2, Gainesville, Florida.
Date of Passing Dec 31, 1991
Wall/Plot Coordinates WW2 Memorial Washington D.C.
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Departed stateside 25 Feb 1945 & arrived Isle of Jamaica, Caribbean on 28 Feb 1945. Member of flight crew's on B-24 & B-25 aircraft as a radio operator/top turret gunner, seeking German U-boats. Departed Jamaica on 27 Jun 1945 to return stateside on same day. Have no information available on what units he served with, either stateside or in the Caribbean?
1942-1945, B-25 Mitchell
From Year 1942
To Year 1945
Personal Memories
Not Specified
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B-25 Mitchell Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model North American B-25C Mitchell Length 52.92 ft | 16.13 m Width 67.55 ft | 20.59 m Height 15.75 ft | 4.80 m Engine(s) 2 x Wright Cyclone R-2600-19 air-cooled piston engines delivering 1,700hp each. Empty Weight 20,300 lbs | 9,208 kg MTOW 34,000 lbs | 15,422 kg Max Speed 272 mph | 438 km/h | 237 kts Max Range 1,350 miles | 2,173 km Ceiling 24,196 ft | 7,375 m | 4.6 miles Climb Rate 1,666 ft/min (507.796 m/min) Hardpoints Up to 8 (model dependent) Armament Model-specific armament included:
8 x 12.7mm machine gun array OR 1 x 75mm cannon in forward-fixed nose assembly.
2 x 12.7mm machine guns in forward-fixed lower-left side fuselage position (beneath and behind cockpit position). 2 x 12.7mm machine gun in forward-fixed lower-right side fuselage position (beneath and behind cockpit position). 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in ventral turret (powered turrets in some models). 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in dorsal turret (powered turrets in some models). 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in left waist port position. 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in right waist port position. 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in tail gun position (some models removed). 1 x Torpedo in under-fuselage arrangement (model-specific fitting). 8 x 250lb bombs on 8 external hardpoints (model-specific fitting).
Maximum internal bombload of 3,000lbs (1,361 kg). Accommodations 5 Operators the United States of America
