- First flight1944
- Introduction1945
- StatusRetired
- Number built604
Specifications
01
Crew & dimensions
- Crew
- 7 or 8 (pilot, flight engineer/co-pilot, navigator, wireless operator, front gunner/bomb aimer, dorsal and rear gunners)
- Length
- 78 ft 3+1/2 in
- Wingspan
- 120 ft
- Height
- 17 ft 3+1/2 in
02
Performance
- Maximum speed
- 310 mph
- Range
- 2,800 mi
- Service ceiling
- 30,500 ft
03
Powerplant
- Powerplant
- 4 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 85 or Packard-Merlin 68 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines (1,750 hp)
04
Armament
- Armament
- Guns: {{unbulleted list|2x 0.5 in M2 Browning machine-guns nose turret, |2x 20 mm Hispano MK.IV cannon or Hispano Mk.V cannon dorsal turret, |2x 0.5 in M2 Browning machine-guns tail turret}}, ::(Some aircraft fitted with a single 0.5 in M2 Browning in a ventral position); Bombs: Up to 14000 lb of bombs; exceptionally 1 x 22000 lb Grand Slam Deep Penetration bomb.