World War 2

Airplanes

Charles Oliphant
Dogfighters, Bomber, Transports
● Fast agile Planes
● Used as attack/ reconnaissance planes
● Mostly used for attacking other planes in the sky

● Used to bombard long distance target

● Needed to be big
● Had many manned guns attached

● Transport cargo or people

● Used and reconnaissance planes
P-38 Lockheed

● Twin engine plane used as a dogfighter for both the American

and British air force
● Able to reach a top speed of 420 MPH and 25,000ft
● It had a 20mm cannon, 4.50 caliber machine guns and the
capacity to carry 2,000 pounds worth of bombs.
● However it was unstable at super high speeds and its unique
made it a target for enemy planes and flak to shoot down.
Spitfire

● Top speed of 390 MHP and a ceiling 34,000 ft

● Had four 7.7 millimeter guns
● Able to outgun and outmaneuver most of its german counterparts
● Could also carry an assortment of bombs but was mostly used in a dog fighting capacity
● Most famous battle being the battle over Britain
B-17 Bomber “Flying Fortress”

● Wingspan of over 103 ft and weighed 54,000 pounds when loaded

● Four 1,500 horsepower engines
● Ability to cary 17,000 pounds of bombs
● Had a range of 2,000 miles
● Had a complement of 13.5 caliber machine guns
C-47

● Based of the DC-3 commercial plane

● Had a reinforced fuselage, cockpit, and engine housing
● Powered by 2 1,200 horsepower engines
● Used to carry both troops and cargo
● Could carry up to 28 fully armed men or 7,000 pounds of cargo
● Was used by the US of through the Korean war
● Guilmartin, John F. “Spitfire.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 14 Jan. 2014, www.britannica.com/technology/Spitfire.

● “Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning.” National Air and Space Museum, 10 June 2018, airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/lockheed-p-38j-10-lo-lightning.

● “Lockheed P-38.” The Life and Times of Antoine De Saint-Exupry, www.aviation-history.com/lockheed/p38.html.

● Battles of Lexington and Concord, www.winthrop.dk/p38specs.html.

● “Boeing.” Boeing: Philip M. Condit, 109380-Leslie Nichols, www.boeing.com/history/products/b-17-flying-fortress.page.

● “Boeing B-17 ‘Flying Fortress.’” The Life and Times of Antoine De Saint-Exupry, www.aviation-history.com/boeing/b17.html.

● Guilmartin, John F. “C-47.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 23 Nov. 2017, www.britannica.com/technology/C-47.

● “Bell XP-59A Airacomet.” National Air and Space Museum, 9 June 2018, airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/bell-xp-59a-airacomet

Data Base Sources.

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