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MAIN INDEX > TRANSPORT/UTILITY
ARMSTRONG-WHITWORTH ALBERMARLE
Specifications
Type: Special Transport and glider tug.
Origin: Armstrong Whitworth
Models: Albemarle I to VI
Crew: Transport: Four
First Flight:
Prototype: March 20, 1940
Production Mk. I: December 1941
Final Delivery: December 1944
Number Produced: 600 (32 fitted out as bombers)
Engine:
Model: Bristol Hercules XI
Type: 14-Cylinder two-row sleeve valve radial
Number: Two Horsepower: 1,590 hp
Dimensions:
Wing span: 77 ft. (23.47m)
Length: 59 ft. 11 in. (10.56m)
Height: 15 ft. 7 in. (4.75m)
Wing Surface Area: N/A
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Weights:
Empty: 22,600 lb. (10,260 kg)
Loaded: 36,500 lb. (16,570 kg)
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 265 mph (426 km/h)
Initial Climb: 980 ft/min (299 m/min)
Service Ceiling: 18,000 ft. (5490m)
Range: 1,360 miles (2160 km)
Armament: Normally none.
Mk. I/1:
Four .303 in. Brownings in Boulton-Paul Dorsal turret.
Two .303 in. Browning in powered ventral turret.
ST.1:
Manual dorsal mount with various weapons installations.
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Comments:
The Albemarle was designed to utilize non-strategic materials and succeeded
in doing so even though it increased the overall weight. The type was used all over Europe as
a special transport and Glider tug though in this last role the engines tended to overheat.
Except for this minor flaw the type was pleasant to fly.
Sources:
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
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