Martin Baltimore

what is it?

The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to the United Kingdom and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · mid wing · retractable tailwheel (taildragger) · 18.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 488 km/htop speed
• range 1,577 kmwithout refuelling
• size 10.9 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,575made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 85 years ago, in 1941.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 18.7 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,577 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1941-06-14

introduced

1941

retired

1949

status

retired

number built

1,575

role

light bomber, reconnaissance

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Baltimore, Glenn L. Martin Company

engines

2× Wright GR-2600-A5B

length

14.8 m

wingspan

18.7 m

height

4.3 m

max take-off weight

10.9 t

top speed

488 km/h

cruise speed

360 km/h

range

1,577 km

wings

mid wing

landing gear

retractable conventional landing gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.