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Long-range patrol flying boat, based on the pre-WWII series of civil 'Empire' flying boats. The Sunderland was one of the most successful flying boats of WWII. It served with the RAF througout the war, and postwar small numbers were retained until 1959. The Sunderland was reliable and well-armed, but its range was not long enough to cover the Atlantic entirely. The engines were Bristol Pegagus or Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp radials.
General characteristics Sunderland V | |||
Primary function | Patrol | ||
Power plant | Four Pratt&Whitney R-1830-90B radial engines | ||
Thrust | 4x 1,200 HP | 4x 895 kW | |
Wingspan | 112.8 ft | 34.38 m | |
Length | 85.3 ft | 26.00 m | |
Height | 34.5 ft | 10.52 m | |
Wingarea | 1,687 sq ft | 156.72 sq m | |
Weight | empty | 36,900 lb | 16,738 kg |
max. | 65,000 lb | 29,484 kg | |
Speed | 213 mph | 343 km/h | |
Ceiling | 17,900 ft | 5,455 m | |
Range | 2,690 mi | 4,330 km | |
Armament | 10x 7.7mm machine gun, 2x 12.7mm machine gun; 2,250 kg bombs | ||
Date deployed | 1944 | ||
Number built | 749 |
Jirka Wagner
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