Benson, Woodruff, Capt

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Current/Last Rank
Captain
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1034-Navigator
Current/Last AFSC Group
Air Crew (Officer)
Primary Unit
1943-1945, AAF MOS 1034, 57th Troop Carrier Squadron
Service Years
1942 - 1946
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 1946-1946, B-25 Mitchell
From Year
1946
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1946
   
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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

   
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Last Updated: Jul 30, 2015
   
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  48 Also There at This Aircraft:
 
  • Agin, Thomas, SSgt, (1942-1949)
  • Economos, Christine
  • Lovett, Roger, Lt Col, (1943-1971)
  • Vermillion, Bayred, Lt Col, (1941-1967)
  • Wells, Homer B, Col, (1943-1970)
  • Ziner, Erwin N., 1st Lt, (1943-1946)
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