Basic parameter
Fuselage length:17.8m.
Height of fuselage: 6.55m.
Span: 21.65m.
Maximum takeoff weight:17000kg
Maximum speed: 460 km/h
Maximum voyage: 4,590 kilometers
B-26 Predator Bomber is a medium bomber developed by Martin Company. /kloc-the first test was conducted on October 25th, with a total output of 5288. The aircraft was controversial in World War II and faced several shutdowns, but it was finally preserved. After World War II, the B-26 bomber was continuously adopted by many countries.
The semi-hard shell aluminum alloy structure fuselage of B-26 bomber consists of front, middle and back sections, and the middle section of the fuselage with bomb bay is made together with the wing. The power plant of this aircraft is two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-43 engines, and the power of each engine is 149 1 kW. As for airborne weapons, the aircraft is equipped with 12.7mm 12 Browning heavy machine gun, which can carry 1800kg bombs.
Battlefield tidbits
Compared with the B-25 bomber, the B-26 bomber is faster and has a larger bomb load, but it was not well evaluated during its service, and it was even dubbed as the "widow maker". This is because in the early use process, a large proportion of B-26 bombers crashed, but after improvement, it has been greatly improved, and the crash rate has dropped to a normal level.