Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior (C-40, UC-40)
Technical Information

Background
The C-60 is a twin-engine transport based on the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar. During WW II the Army Air Forces used the aircraft for training and for transporting personnel and freight. First flown in 1940, the Model 18 was originally designed as a successor to the earlier Model 10 Electra.

C-40
U.S. Army Air Corps five-passenger transport; prototype (serial 1247) was converted from company owned Lockheed 12A. Two others built were redesignated UC-40 in January 1943.

Production
Lockheed built a total of 130 Lockheed 12s, ending production in 1941.

Technical Details
Crew  Two (pilot and co-pilot)
Passengers  Six
Engine  2 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior SB radial engines, 450 hp (336 kW) each, two bladed propeller
Span  49' 6"
Length  36' 4"
Height  9' 9"
Maximum Speed  225 mph at 5,000'
Range  800 miles
Armament  none