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Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand 2010

Beaverton Lib 940.5472 HIL

Unbroken (film )
USAAF Pilot Louis Zamperini , Japanese POW Camps
scrambled timeline preface
xvii preface 1943/6/23 raft in Pacific, 27 days after crash
xviii strafed by Japanese bomber
003 1929/8/26 12yo L.Z. childhood home Torrance CA, Graf Zeppelin overhead at night
005 LZ born 1917/1/26 in Olean NY f. Anthony railway electrician, m. Louise
005-007 hellion, scared of airplane flights 008 older brother Pete, younger sisters Silvia and Virginia
013 1931 Louis steals tickets, brother Pete convinces school principal to let Louis run track, Pete coached him
015 Louis surrenders to Pete, seriously runs, 016 builds lungs, 225 seconds underwater
017 swivelling hips, seven foot stride, 1933 high school class president, wins races, breaks records
018 wins 1933 UCLA Cross Country two-mile race by more than a quarter mile
020 1934 National high school 4:21.3 mile, beating 4.23.6 record, broken by Bob Seaman in 1953
025 Wins 1936 Olympic trials 5000 meter race in New York, overeats on ship
034 7th in race, 14:46.8, fastest American 5000 in 1936, fastest last lap ever 56 seconds
035 Hitler says (translated) "Ah, you're the boy with the fast finish"
036 Steals chancellery flag, allowed to keep it
040 USC, Jimmy Sazaki p46 Japanese spy
041 June 1938, NCAA championship, attacked and boxed by other runners, still wins mile with 4:08.3, NCAA record until 1973
044 1940 Olympics Japan host withdraws, Finland alternate attacked, leaves USC a few credits short, welder at Lockheed
044 early 1941 joins Army Air Corps, washes out, joins army again September 29
052 Japan attacks Wake Island air base Dec 11, lose two destroyers and 1153 men, Americans lose 52, 98 captured Dec 23
053 kludge bombsight and an $8000 Norden bombsight
054 Louis visits home, then to Ephrata (WA) Army Airfield
- 055 pilot Russell Allen Phillips Indiana, Purdue U
- 058 Top turret gunner & engineer Stanley Pillsbury, Maine
- 058 Waist gunner & engineer Clarence Douglas, Virginia
- 058 Nose gunner & navigator Robert Mitchell, Illinois
- 058 Belly gunner & radioman Frank Glassman, Chicago
- 058 Tail gunner Ray Lambert, Maryland
- 058 Waist gunner & radioman Harry Brooks, Michigan
- 058 Co-pilot George Moznette
059 372nd Bomb Squadron 307th Bomb Group Seventh Air Force
059 B-24 Liberator

Aircraft

|| Production ||

Crew	11	10
Length	67 ft 2 in	74 ft 4 in
Wingspan	110 ft	103 ft 9 in
Height	17 ft 7.5 in	19 ft 1 in
Wing area	1,048 sq ft	1,420 sq ft
Aspect ratio	11.55	7.57
Zero-lift drag coefficient CD	CD 0.0406
Frontal area	42.54 sq ft
Airfoil: root	Davis (22%)	Airfoil: NACA 0018
tip	Davis (9.3%)
Empty weight	36,500 lb	36,135 lb
Gross weight	55,000 lb	54,000 lb
Max takeoff weight	65,000 lb plus	65,500 lb
Fuel capacity normal	2,344 US gal
long-range tanks in bomb bay	3,614 US gal
Oil capacity	131.6 US gal
Powerplant	4 × 1,200 hp	4 × 1,200 hp
Propellers diameter	3-bladed 11 ft 7 in	3-bladed
Performance
Maximum speed	297 mph at 25,000 ft	287 mph
Cruise speed	215 mph	182 mph
Stall speed	95 mph
Range: 1,540 mi	1,340 nmi at 237 mph	2,000 mi w/
normal fuel,maximum internal bomb load		with 6000lb bombload
Ferry range	3,700 mi	3,750 mi
Service ceiling	28,000 ft	35,600 ft
Rate of climb	1,025 ft/min	900 ft/min
Time to altitude	20,000 ft in 25 minutes
Lift-to-drag	12.9
Wing loading	52.5 lb/sq ft	38.0 lb/sq ft
Power/mass	0.0873 hp/lb	0.089 hp/lb
Armament
Guns	10 × .50 caliber M2	13 × .50 in M2
	Browning machine guns	Browning machine guns
Bombs:
Short range	400 mi : 8,000 pounds	400 mi : 8,000 lb
Long range	800 mi : 5,000 pounds	800 mi : 4,500 lb
Very long range	1,200 mi : 2,700 pounds

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+ .059 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/372nd_Bombardment_Squadron | 372nd Bomb Squadron ]] 307th Bomb Group Seventh Air Force
 .059 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator | B-24 Liberator ]]

|| Aircraft  || [[   || B-24J ]] || [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress | B-17 ]] ||
|| Production                    ||                                            
|| Crew                          || 11                       || 10                       ||
|| Length                        || 67 ft 2 in               || 74 ft 4 in               ||
|| Wingspan                      || 110 ft                   || 103 ft 9 in              ||
|| Height                        || 17 ft 7.5 in             || 19 ft 1 in               ||
|| Wing area                     || 1,048 sq ft              || 1,420 sq ft              ||
|| Aspect ratio                  || 11.55                    || 7.57                     ||
|| Zero-lift drag coefficient CD || CD 0.0406                ||                          ||
|| Frontal area                  || 42.54 sq ft              ||                          ||
|| Airfoil: root                 || Davis (22%)              || Airfoil: NACA 0018       ||
||          tip                  || Davis (9.3%)             ||                          ||
|| Empty weight                  || 36,500 lb                || 36,135 lb                ||
|| Gross weight                  || 55,000 lb                || 54,000 lb                ||
|| Max takeoff weight            || 65,000 lb plus           || 65,500 lb                ||
|| Fuel capacity normal          || 2,344 US gal             ||                          ||
|| long-range tanks in bomb bay  || 3,614 US gal             ||                          ||
|| Oil capacity                  || 131.6 US gal             ||                          ||
|| Powerplant                    || 4 × 1,200 hp             || 4 × 1,200 hp             ||
|| Propellers diameter           || 3-bladed 11 ft 7 in      || 3-bladed                 ||
||<-3> Performance      ||
|| Maximum speed                 || 297 mph at 25,000 ft     || 287 mph                  ||
|| Cruise speed                  || 215 mph                  || 182 mph                  ||
|| Stall speed                   || 95 mph                   ||                          ||
|| Range: 1,540 mi               || 1,340 nmi at 237 mph     || 2,000 mi w/              ||
||<-2> normal fuel,maximum internal bomb load                || with 6000lb bombload     ||
|| Ferry range                   || 3,700 mi                 || 3,750 mi                 ||
|| Service ceiling               || 28,000 ft                || 35,600 ft                ||
|| Rate of climb                 || 1,025 ft/min             || 900 ft/min               ||
|| Time to altitude              || 20,000 ft in 25 minutes  ||                          ||
|| Lift-to-drag                  || 12.9                     ||                          ||
|| Wing loading                  || 52.5 lb/sq ft            || 38.0 lb/sq ft            ||
|| Power/mass                    || 0.0873 hp/lb             || 0.089 hp/lb              ||
||<-3>  Armament        ||
|| Guns                          || 10 × .50 caliber M2      || 13 × .50 in M2           ||
||                               || Browning machine guns    || Browning machine guns    ||
||<-3> Bombs:           ||
|| Short range                   || 400 mi   : 8,000 pounds  || 400 mi   : 8,000 lb      ||
|| Long range                    || 800 mi   : 5,000 pounds  || 800 mi   : 4,500 lb      ||
|| Very long range               || 1,200 mi : 2,700 pounds  ||                          ||