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Lockheed PV / B-34 Lexington
The PV-2 Harpoon and PV-1,3, B-34 Lexington (USAAF version of the PV Harpoon/Ventura) and B-37 Ventura were sea patrol and ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) aircraft, developed from the model 18 Lodestar. Compared with the A-28 and A-29 Hudson the Ventura was more powerful and better armed, but it had a shorter range because it did not carry more fuel. The Harpoon was a long-range version of the Ventura. Lockheed B-34 Lexington was a USAAF version of the PV-2 Harpoon, Lockheed B-37 Ventura was developed from B-34.
| General characteristics PV-1 | |||
| Primary function | Reconaissance / bomber | ||
| Contractor | Vega Aircraft Corporation | ||
| Power plant | Two Pratt&Whitney R-2800 engines | ||
| Thrust | 2x 1,850 HP | 2x 1,380 kW | |
| Wingspan | 65.5 ft | 19.96 m | |
| Length | 51.7 ft | 15.77 m | |
| Height | 13.1 ft | 4 m | |
| Wingarea | 551 sq ft | 51.19 sq m | |
| Weight | empty | 19,375 lb | 8,788 kg |
| max. | 31,080 lb | 14,097 kg | |
| Speed | 300 mph | 483 km/h | |
| Ceiling | 26,300 ft | 8,015 m | |
| Max. range | 900 miles | 1,448 km | |
| Armament | 4x 12.7mm and 2x 7.62mm machine gun; 1,134 kg bombs | ||
| Date deployed | 1940 | ||
| General characteristics PV-2 | |||
| Primary function | Reconaissance / ASW | ||
| Contractor | Vega Aircraft Corporation | ||
| Power plant | Two Pratt&Whitney R-2800-31 engines | ||
| Thrust | 2x 2,000 HP | 2x 1,491 kW | |
| Wingspan | 75 ft | 22.86 m | |
| Height | 14.1 ft | 4.29 m | |
| Weight | empty | 24,000 lb | 10,886 kg |
| max. | 40,000 lb | 18,144 kg | |
| Speed | 282 mph | 454 km/h | |
| Ceiling | 23,950 ft | 7,300 m | |
| Max. range | 900 miles | 1,448 km | |
| Armament | 9x 12.7mm machine gun; 1,814 kg bombs (torpedoes) or cargo | ||
| Crew | Five | ||
| Date deployed | 1944 | ||
these two photos were taken during WWII by my father-in-law (a radio operator on a
B-34). The lower photo was taken somewhere over South America. Regards, Earl
Jirka Wagner (If you find some photo send it to me please)
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