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Description
| Manufacturer: | Sikorsky |
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| Base model: | PBS | ||
| Designation: | XPBS | ||
| Version: | -1 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1935-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Patrol Bomber | ||
| Status: | Experimental | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 76' 3" | 23.2 m | |
| Height: | 26' 11" | 8.2 m | |
| Wingspan: | 124' 0" | 37.7 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 47,455 lb | 21,521 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney XR-1830-68 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 900 | ||
Performance
| Max Speed: | 214 mph | 344 km/h | 185 kt |
| Ceiling: | 21,200 ft | 6,461 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Brett Covington Round Rock,, TX | "...the XPBS-1 Sirkorsky, of which only one prototype was made for competing for the contract eventually given to Consolidated Aircraft for the PB2Y series of Coronado boats." was assigned to the Navy transport unit VR-2.(from an article by Dave Richwine in TARPA TOPICS Nov, 2001).
You won't find records of this one aircraft after June 30, 1942 because it is the aircraft that crashed with Admiral Nimitz aboard in San Fransisco Bay. Read an account in the biography of Nimitz by Potter. The only person killed was a pilot...my husband's grandfather, Tommy Roscoe. The plane sank and his body was never recovered. 11/06/2008 @ 06:03 [ref: 22989] |
| Brett Covington Round Rock,, TX | "...the XPBS-1 Sirkorsky, of which only one prototype was made for competing for the contract eventually given to Consolidated Aircraft for the PB2Y series of Coronado boats." was assigned to the Navy transport unit VR-2. You won't find records of this one aircraft after June 30, 1942 because it is the aircraft that crashed with Admiral Nimitz aboard in San Fransisco Bay. The only person killed was a pilot...my husband's grandfather, Tommy Roscoe. The plane sank and his body was never recovered. Read an account in the biography Nimitz by Potter. 11/06/2008 @ 06:01 [ref: 22988] |
| Alan Nordin Baltimore, MD | The Navy Historical Center has a section devoted to the reports created during WWII which list the "Location of US Naval Aircraft" {They were scanned in and are presented in .pdf format}. The link to this site is ....
www.history.navy.mil/a-record/ww-ii/loc-ac/loc-ac.htm .... I don't know if all the reports are included. I have looked at many of them and nearly all are complete and readable. One XPBS-1 is listed from 2/2/1942 {the first report available} until 4/22/1942 as belonging to "Patrol Wings US Fleet" but is not shown to be in any particular wing or squadron. From 4/28/1942 until 7/9/1942 it is shown as belonging to VR-2 of the "Air Transport Service". It is not shown in the next report, 7/21/1942, or there after. 03/05/2007 @ 18:54 [ref: 15780] |
| Lou Dorny Seattle, WA | For Thomas Horne...you pic of the Sikorski XPBS-1 on the water is prime. Can you ident any of the men in the photo, presumed to be the crew? Please contact me for more info. Lou 02/22/2007 @ 19:51 [ref: 15629] |
| Marc Kay Aurora, CO | Actually the name of the Book is "I took the Sky Road," and I have an original first publication with a picture of the XPBS-1 (Not to mention Thunder Mug, which was Bus Miller's B-24). For an experimental aircraft, which included experimental engines it was utilized as if it were a common produced aircraft. The Navy used it until it literally fell apart. 01/04/2007 @ 08:46 [ref: 15095] |
| Thomas Horne Mobile, AL | I have a picture that was given to me when I was a boy. I have had it for 15 years or so. I am 28 now. I have a picture of the pilots or workers or something. I would like to find out more about the plane. I am willing to take a picture of what i have. 11/14/2004 @ 15:41 [ref: 8621] |
| Louis B. Dorny, CDR, USN (ret.) Seattle, Washington, WA | The XPBS-1 was employed by the Navy in a trasport role in 1940-42. To what squadron or unit the plane was attached I have not yet determined, but Lieutenant Bus Miller, USN, was the assigned pilot and wrote about his experience: I Took the High Road.
One of his tasks was to fly supplies and replacement parts to Patrol Wing TEN in the Far East The PBY-4 equipped Wing had been in the Philippines but by January was in the Dutch East Indies operating from Java. Miller flew from San Diego across the South Pacific and via Darwin to Soerabaja, Java, to meet the Wing there, arriving late in the day 8 February, 1942. The PBS departed the next day at dawn to avoid being caught by enemy fighter planes, and returned to California via Darwin - fueling there from seaplane tender LANGLEY (AV 3) - without mishap. Contact me for more detialed info if interested. /s/ Lou, Seattle 07/22/2002 @ 05:41 [ref: 5353] |
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