Type : Seven-seat heavy bomber
Powerplant : Four 1,460-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 28 inline piston engines
Characteristics : Wingspan: 102 ft 0 in Length: 69 ft 10 in Height: 20 ft 4 in Wing area: 1,300 sq ft Empty weight: 41,000 lb Maximum take-off weight: 72,000 lb
Performance : Maximum speed: 281 mph at 11,000 ft Cruising speed: 227 mph at 20,000 ft Service ceiling: 24,500 ft Range: 2,530 miles with 7,000 lb bomb load
Armament : Eight .303-in machine-guns (two each in nose and dorsal turrets, and four in tail turret), plus bomb load comprising one 12,000-lb bomb or up to 14,000 lb of smaller bombs |