Photographs and brief description of second of series of heavy land based patrol bombers produced for U S Navy by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp; PB4Y-2 is cantilever wing monoplane with improved Pratt and Whitney twin Wasp engines, semi-monocoque fuselage, single rudder tail assembly, retractable tricycle landing gear, and 12 machine guns; gross weight 62,000 to 65,000 lb; max speed 250 mph. (See also Aero Digest v 48 n 4 Feb 15 1945 p 86, 102; Flight v 47 n 1893 Apr 5 1945 p 364-5)


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    Title :

    "Privateer" PB4Y-2


    Additional title:

    Western Flying


    Published in:

    Western Flying ; 25 , n 3


    Publication date :

    1945


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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