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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: 100goon on August 06, 2008, 10:11:24 AM
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Lockheed PV / B-34 Lexington
The PV-2 Harpoon and PV-1,3, B-34 Lexington (USAAF version of the PV Harpoon/Ventura) and B-37 Ventura were sea patrol and ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) aircraft, developed from the model 18 Lodestar. Compared with the A-28 and A-29 Hudson the Ventura was more powerful and better armed, but it had a shorter range because it did not carry more fuel. The Harpoon was a long-range version of the Ventura. Lockheed B-34 Lexington was a USAAF version of the PV-2 Harpoon, Lockheed B-37 Ventura was developed from B-34.
General characteristics PV-1
Primary function Reconaissance / bomber
Contractor Vega Aircraft Corporation
Power plant Two Pratt&Whitney R-2800 engines
Thrust 2x 1,850 HP 2x 1,380 kW
Wingspan 65.5 ft 19.96 m
Length 51.7 ft 15.77 m
Height 13.1 ft 4 m
Wingarea 551 sq ft 51.19 sq m
Weight empty 19,375 lb 8,788 kg
max. 31,080 lb 14,097 kg
Speed 300 mph 483 km/h
Ceiling 26,300 ft 8,015 m
Max. range 900 miles 1,448 km
Armament 4x 12.7mm and 2x 7.62mm machine gun; 1,134 kg bombs
Date deployed 1940
General characteristics PV-2
Primary function Reconaissance / ASW
Contractor Vega Aircraft Corporation
Power plant Two Pratt&Whitney R-2800-31 engines
Thrust 2x 2,000 HP 2x 1,491 kW
Wingspan 75 ft 22.86 m
Height 14.1 ft 4.29 m
Weight empty 24,000 lb 10,886 kg
max. 40,000 lb 18,144 kg
Speed 282 mph 454 km/h
Ceiling 23,950 ft 7,300 m
Max. range 900 miles 1,448 km
Armament 9x 12.7mm machine gun; 1,814 kg bombs (torpedoes) or cargo
Crew Five
Date deployed 1944
these two photos were taken during WWII by my father-in-law (a radio operator on a B-34). The lower photo was taken somewhere over South America. Regards, Earl
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dang photo didnt take
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Pv1s were the first bomber to attack mainland Japan after the Doolittle Raid. There bombing raids kept a lot of troops and supplies tied up in the Northern Kuriles. Would be a nice plane but we have enough American planes as is. :(
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yea but we dotn have many hvy bombers we have ju 88 ju 87 lanc 17 and 24 so we could use another hvy bomber
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Pv1 wasn't a heavy bomber.
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it looks like 1 so in my book it is
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It wasn't. Could carry 3000lb of bombs, 1 torpedo or 6 depth charges.
(http://www.qnet.com/~carcomm/pv-1_1.jpg)
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yea but we dotn have many hvy bombers we have ju 88 ju 87 lanc 17 and 24 so we could use another hvy bomber
The Ju88 and the Ju87 aren't heavy bombers. In any case, if we get any more bombers, they better not be American.
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PV-1 was more like a maritime Patrol Bomber. Pretty specialized.
If you want to stay in the same family the LOCKHEED HUDSON bomber saw more action with more units around the Globe.
(http://www.battlefield-site.co.uk/hudson.jpg)
(http://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb05/acyb05-10/img/acyb05-10_0001.jpg)