THE AIRFORCE - AIRCRAFT - BALTIMORE MK I
Aircraft Stats:
Powerplant: 2 x 1,600 hp Wright GR-2600-A5B Cyclone radial piston engines
Speed: 491 kph, 305mph mph
Range: 1 741km, 1,082miles
Seats: 4
Length: 14.80m, 48ft 6in
Span: 18.69m, 4ft 4in
Empty Weight: 7 013kg, 15,460lb
Max T/O Weight: 10 251kg, 22,600lb
Period of Service: 1942 - 1943
Weapons:
None specified
Squadrons:
None specified
Attrition:
No incidents found
None specified
Squadrons:
None specified
Attrition:
No incidents found
Baltimore Mk I
Status: Retired
Manufacturer: Martin
Country of Manufacture: United States
Role: Bomber
Four-seat light bomber.
Only two Baltimore Mk Is (AG693 and AG698) served in the SAAF.
Armament:
Four 0.303 in (7.7 mm) wing-mounted machine-guns, one 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers K machine-gun in dorsal turret, two 0.3 in (7.62 mm) machine-guns in ventral position, and provision for for similar guns in fixed rear-firing position, plus a bombload of up to 2,000 lb (907 kg).
