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  Airplanes - Normandy 1944

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Short Stirling MK IV du 299 Squadron

SHORT S.29 STIRLING
Type : Seven / eight-seat heavy bomber

Powerplant : Four 1,650-hp Bristol Hercules XVI radial piston engines

Characteristics :
Wingspan: 99 ft 1 in
Length: 87 ft 3 in
Height: 22 ft 9 in
Wing area: 1,460 sq ft
Empty weight: 43,200 lb
Maximum take-off weight: 70,000 lb

Performance :
Maximum speed: 270 mph at 14,500 ft
Ceiling: 17,000 ft
Range: 2,010 miles with 3,500 lb of bombs or 590 miles with 14,000 lb of bombs

Armament : Eight .303-in machine guns (two each in nose and dorsal turrets, and four in tail turret), plus up to 14,000 lb of bombs