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The Boeing F8B was developed during World War II to provide the U.S. Navy a long-range shipboard Fighter Aircraft for operation against the Japanese home islands from Aircraft Carrier s outside the range of Japanese land-based aircraft. It was intended for various roles including Interceptor , long-range escort fighter, dive-bomber, and torpedo bomber. The XF8B-1 was, at the time, the largest and heaviest single-seat, single-engine fighter developed in the U.S.A. It was powered by a single twenty eight cylinder Pratt & Whitney XR-4360-10 3,000 hp (2.2 MW) radial air-cooled engine that drove two Contra-rotating three blade Propellor s. The proposed armament for the aircraft included six 0.50 inch (12.7 mm) or six 20 mm wing mounted guns and carry a 6,400 lb (2,900 kg) bomb load or two 2,000 lb (900 kg) torpedoes. The development of three Prototype s began in May 1943 , only one was completed before the war ended and the other two were delivered after the war. One aircraft was evaluated by the U.S. Army Air Force. SPECIFICATIONS (BOEING XF8B-1) General characteristics
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