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==Specifications (B-24J)== [[File:Consolidated B-24 Liberator 3-view.svg|frameless|right|3-view line drawing of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] {{Aircraft specs |ref=Quest for Performance,<ref>{{citation |last=Loftin |first=L.K. Jr. |date=1985 |url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/cover.htm |title=Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft. NASA SP-468 |access-date=22 April 2006 |publisher=NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch}}</ref> Jane's Fighting aircraft of World War II,<ref name=FAoWWII>{{cite book |title=Jane's Fighting aircraft of World War II |editor-last1=Bridgman |editor-first1=Leonard |date=1989|publisher=Military Press |location=New York|isbn=0517679647 |edition=1995 |pages=215β216}}</ref> General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors<ref name=Wegg>{{cite book |last1=Wegg |first1=John |title=General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors |url=https://archive.org/details/generaldynamicsa00wegg |url-access=limited |date=1990 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Md. |isbn=0-87021-233-8 |edition=1st |pages=[https://archive.org/details/generaldynamicsa00wegg/page/n42 82]β90}}</ref> |prime units?=imp <!-- General characteristics --> |crew=11 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier, radio operator, nose turret, top turret, 2 waist gunners, ball turret, tail gunner) |length ft=67 |length in=2 |length note= |span ft=110 |span in= |span note= |height ft=17 |height in=7.5 |height note= |wing area sqft=1048 |wing area note= |aspect ratio=11.55 |airfoil='''root:''' Davis (22%); '''tip:''' Davis (9.3%)<ref name="Selig">{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> |empty weight lb=36500 |empty weight note= |gross weight lb=55000 |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight lb=65000 |max takeoff weight note=plus |fuel capacity={{cvt|2344|USgal|impgal l}} normal capacity; {{cvt|3614|USgal|impgal l}} with long-range tanks in the bomb bay; Oil capacity {{cvt|131.6|USgal|impgal l}} in four self-sealing nacelle hopper tanks |more general= <!-- Powerplant --> |eng1 number=4 |eng1 name=[[Pratt & Whitney R-1830-35 Twin Wasp]], R-1830-41 or R-1830-65 |eng1 type=14-cylinder two-row air-cooled turbo-supercharged [[radial engine|radial]] piston engines |eng1 hp=1200 |prop blade number=3 |prop name=Hamilton Standard |prop dia ft=11 |prop dia in=7 |prop dia note=constant-speed fully-feathering propellers <!-- Performance --> |max speed mph=297 |max speed note=at {{cvt|25000|ft}} |max speed mach=<!-- supersonic aircraft --> |cruise speed mph=215 |cruise speed note= |stall speed mph=95 |stall speed note= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed note= |minimum control speed mph= |minimum control speed note= |range miles=1540 |range note=at {{cvt|237|mph|kn km/h}} and {{cvt|25000|ft}} with normal fuel and maximum internal bomb load |combat range miles= |combat range note= |ferry range miles=3700 |ferry range note= |endurance=<!-- if range unknown --> |ceiling ft=28000 |ceiling note= |g limits=<!-- aerobatic --> |roll rate=<!-- aerobatic --> |glide ratio=<!-- sailplanes --> |climb rate ftmin=1025 |climb rate note= |time to altitude={{cvt|20000|ft}} in 25 minutes |sink rate ftmin=<!-- sailplanes --> |sink rate note= |lift to drag=12.9 |wing loading lb/sqft=52.5 |wing loading note= |disk loading lb/sqft= |disk loading note= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass={{cvt|0.0873|hp/lb|kW/kg}} |thrust/weight= |more performance= <!-- Armament --> |guns=10 Γ .50 caliber (12.7 mm) [[M2 Browning machine gun]]s in 4 turrets and two waist positions |bombs= <br> ** Short range ({{convert|400|mi|km|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}): {{convert|8000|lb|kg}} ** Long range ({{convert|800|mi|km|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}): {{convert|5000|lb|kg}} ** Very long range ({{convert|1200|mi|km|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}): {{convert|2700|lb|kg}} |avionics= }}
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