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The
Royal Air Force's first four engined monoplane Bomber, the Short Stirling
first flew in May 1939 and entered front line service in August 1940 with
no. 7 squadron. Due to its poor operational ceiling the aircraft sustained
heavy losses and by mid 1942 the Stirling was beginning to be replaced by
the Lancaster. Improved versions of the Short Stirling were built
for Glider towing, paratroopers and heavy transport. also from 1943 many
of the Stirling's were used for mine laying. A total of 2381 Stirling's
were built for the Royal air Force and from this total 641 Stirling
bombers were lost to enemy action.
Crew
7 or 8:
Speed: 260 mph (MK1) 275mph (MKIII) and 280mph (MKV)Service ceiling
17,000
feet Range:
2330 miles. (MK1) 2010 miles (MKIII) and 3,000 miles (MKV)
Armament: two .303 Vickers machine guns.
in nose turret, two .303 in browning machine guns in dorsal
turret , Four .303 Browning machine guns in tail turret. Bomb
Load 14,000 Lbs Engines: four 1150 Hp Bristol Hercules II
(MK1) four 1650 hp Bristol Hercules XVI (MK111 and MKV)
