THE AIRFORCE - AIRCRAFT - M.19 MASTER II AND III
Aircraft Stats:
Powerplant: 1 x 870 hp Bristol Mercury XX radial piston engine
Speed: 389 kph, 242mph mph
Range: 632km, 393miles
Seats: 2
Length: 8.99m, 29ft 6in
Span: 10.85m, 7ft 7in
Empty Weight: 1 947kg, 4,293lb
Max T/O Weight: 2 528kg, 5,573lb
Period of Service: 1941 - 1945
Weapons:
None specified
Squadrons:
None specified
Attrition:
No incidents found
None specified
Squadrons:
None specified
Attrition:
No incidents found
M.19 Master II and III
Status: Retired
Manufacturer: Miles
Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Role: Training
Two-seat advanced trainer. The Master Mk III had a 825 hp Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp Junior installed in place of the Bristol Mercury engine.
A total of 426 Masters were delivered to the SAAF.
Armament:
Provision for one fixed forward-firing machine-gun and practice bombs.
