Short Stirling
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General characteristics
- Crew:Seven - Pilot, second pilot, navigator/bomb aimer, front gunner /wireless operator, 2 x air gunners, flight engineer.
- Length: 26.59 m
- Wingspan: 30.2 m
- Height: 6.93 m
- Empty weight: 22,498 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 31,751 kg
- Powerplant: 4 x Bristol Hercules XI 14 cylinder air cooled engines. 1,500 hp each
- Maximum speed: 454 km/h at 3,800 m
- Range: 3,750 km
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m
- Armament
- Guns: x 303 Browning machine guns - 2 in nose turret, 4 in tail turret, 2 in dorsal turret
- Bombs: up to 6,350 kg
Crew members
1651 Heavy Conversion Unit & No. 622 Squadron RAF
- William James (Jim) Morcombe 12 Aug - 9 Sep 1943 & 10 Sep - 18 Nov 1943. Co-Pilot