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- Wing spread 65' 6".
- Area 551 Sq. Ft.
- Length 51' 5".
- Height 11' 11".
- Max. Gross Wt. 22,500 Lbs.
- Power - (2) Pratt & Whitney R-2600-13 engines.
- Max. Speed 298 MPH, landing 77 MPH.
- Range 1,300 Miles.
- Service Ceiling 22,400'.
This version of a light bomber was first accepted Sept. 1941 and was the first bomber to have all metal control surfaces instead of frame and fabric.
It was a patrol bomber. Its prime purpose was for coastal patrol with future use to use armament of two fixed .50 cal. nose guns & two movable .30 cal. below. An upper turret with a another pair of .50 cal. and plexiglass depressions in the side to provide lateral fire zones for two more guns. It could provide a bomb capacity of over one ton.
The museum's RB-37 aircraft was transported by truck from the Training Research Center at St. Paul, MN and is on loan from the USAF Museum.