Short Stirling
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 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit Stirling being loaded - IWM Charles E Brown photo TR8 | |
 Stirling bombers over UK 1942-43 - US Navy National Museum Lot 11635-8 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Type | 4 engine heavy bomber |
| Designer | Claude Lipscombe / Sir Arthur Gouge |
| Manufacturer | Short Brothers |
| Produced | 1939-45 |
| Number built | 2,371 |
| Primary users | RAAF |
| In service | 1940 |
| Out of service | 1946 (UK); 1951 (Egypt) |
Contents
Remarks
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