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  • Douglas B-23 Dragon
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  • The Douglas B-23 Dragon is a twin-engined bomber developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to (and a refinement of) the B-18 Bolo.
  • The Douglas B-23 Dragon was a twin-engined bomber developed by Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to (and a refinement of) the B-18 Bolo.
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Length
  • 58
fullweight
  • 26500
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max takeoff weight alt
  • 14700.0
loaded weight main
  • 26500.0
Range
  • 1400
Guns
  • ** 3 × 0.30 in machine guns ** 1 × 0.50 in M2 Browning machine gun in tail turret
climb rate main
  • 1493.0
number of props
  • 2
length alt
  • 17.8 m
span main
  • 92.0
emptyweight
  • 19089
Speed
  • 282
power/mass alt
  • 200
Affiliation
  • United States of America/b23.html
Role
  • Bombing
height alt
  • 5.6 m
Name
  • B-23 Dragonref|Specifications from Joe Baugher's website.|group="N"
primary user
Type
type of prop
  • radial engines
loading main
  • 26.700000
range alt
  • 1200
Caption
  • B-23 Dragon in flight
range more
  • with 4,000 lb of bombs
length main
  • 1783.08
power alt
  • 1194.0
area main
  • 993.0
power main
  • 1600.0
bombs
  • 4000.0
height main
  • 563.88
Wingspan
  • 92.0
span alt
  • 28 m
range main
  • 1400.0
Height
  • 18
Manufacturer
  • Douglas Aircraft Company
max speed main
  • 282.0
engine (prop)
power/mass main
  • 0.170000
climb rate alt
  • 7.6
ceiling main
  • 31600.0
empty weight main
  • 19089.0
loaded weight alt
  • 12000.0
Developed From
area alt
  • 92.3
First Flight
  • 1939-07-27
max speed alt
  • 245
jet or prop?
  • prop
loading alt
  • 130
empty weight alt
  • 8677.0
Engine
  • Two Wright R-2600-3 air-cooled radial engines, rated at 1600 hp for takeoff and 1275 hp at 12,000 feet
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 9,630 m
max takeoff weight main
  • 32400.0
Crew
  • 6
Armament
  • flexible 0.30-inch gun on a ball-and-socket mount in the extreme nosea 0.30-inch machine gun on a swing mount attached to the aft fuselage bulkhead and firing either through beam hatches or through a swing-down dorsal panela 0.30-inch machine gun firing through a ventral hatcha 0.50-inch hand-held machine gun in the glazed tail-gunner's position.
Number Built
  • 38
Year
  • 1939
ref
  • Joe Baugher's Encyclopedia of American aircraft
abstract
  • The Douglas B-23 Dragon is a twin-engined bomber developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to (and a refinement of) the B-18 Bolo.
  • The Douglas B-23 Dragon was a twin-engined bomber developed by Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to (and a refinement of) the B-18 Bolo.
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