Arado Ar 234
Type: | Twin Jet Monoplane |
Role: | Medium Bomber |
Top speed: | 461 mph / 742 kmh |
Range: | 967 mi / 1,556 km |
Service Ceiling: | 32,808' / 10,000 m |
Weight: | 11,464 lbs / 5200 kg |
Wingspan: | 47′ 3″ / 14.41 m |
Length: | 41′ 6″ / 12.64 m |
Height: | 14′ 1″ / 4.29 m |
Power: | 2 Junkers Jumo 004B-1 Axial-flow, Turbojet Engines 2 Walter HWK 109-500A-1 Starthilfe Liquid-fueled, Jettison-able JATO Rocket Pods |
Crew: | 1 |
Designer(s): | Walter Blume |
Manufacturer: | Arado Flugzeugwerke |
Number Manufactured: | 214 |
Country of Origin: | Germany |
First Flight: | 15 June 1943 |
Retired: | June, 1945 |
Bombs: | 3,309 lbs / 1,500 kg bombs |