RAF EVANTON

Jim

Aircraft

Air Gunners Association.

Formed in March 1949, membership of the association is is restricted to airmen who trained and qualified as Air Gunners in any of the three armed forces of the Crown, although the vast majority of members served in the RAF and Air Forces of the Commonwealth. Current membership stands at approximately 1800 despite the ravages of time.

 

Blackburn Botha

Specifications

Crew: 4

Length: 51 ft 1.5 in (15.58 m)

Wingspan: 59 ft (17.98 m)

Height: 14 ft 7.5 in (4.46 m)

Wing area: 518 ft² (48.12 m²)

Empty weight: 11,830 lb (5,366k g)

Max takeoff weight: 18,450 lb (8,369 kg)

Powerplant: 2× Bristol Perseus radial engine, 930 hp (694 kW) each

Maximum speed: 216 knots (249 mph, 401k m/h)

Cruise speed: 184 knots (212 mph, 341 km/h)

Stall speed: 65 knots (75 mph, 120 km/h)

Range: 1,100 nm (1,270 mi, 2,044 km)

Service ceiling: 17,500 ft (5,335 m)

Armament 3x 0.303 in (7.7 mm) machine-guns (one fixed forward-firing, two in dorsal turret), internal torpedo, depth charges or bombs up to 2,000 lb (907 kg)

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