in world war 2 what was the largest flying boat?

Answer 1

The Shorts Sunderland. The Hughes flying boat didn't fly until after the war

Answer 2

The Spruce Goose was the biggest for sure, but it was only flown once for a few minutes, so I wouldn't really count it. I believe the largest flying boat to actually see regular service at this time was the Mars used by the US. It was envisioned as a fast troop transport to ferry troops across the pacific. But by the time it was in service the idea turned out to be unnecessary.

Answer 3

It was the "Spruce Goose" H-4, HK-1 produced by Howard Hughes. It was a prototype and flew only once after the war in 1947.

Wingspan: 319 feet 11 inches
Length: 218 feet 8 inches
Height: 79 feet 4 inches
Weight: 300,000 pounds
Capacity: 18 Crew, 750 troops

During the war, it was the Dornier Do X (Used by the Italians to ferry troops to Ethiopia in 1935).

Wingspan: 48 m (157 ft 5 in)
Length: 41 m (134 ft 2 in)
Height: 10 m (33 ft)
Weight: 28,250 kg (62,280 lb)
Capacity: 10-14 crew, 66-100 passengers

Answer 4

The Martin 130 , but the one most used in the war was the Sunderland

Answer 5

The china clipper.navy named it P B Y. It was built later on a larger scale armed with two 30 caliber
machines shot out of the bubbles on the sides.
Later it was used for air sea rescue down
pilots or PT boats damaged so bad they to go in the sea,
THE BIGGEST WAS THE HOWARD HUES
SPRUCE GOOSE. but didn't get finished till after the was was over.IT only flew once,three ft
above the water for several miles.it taxed back and never flew again.

I HOPE THIS ANSWERES YOUR QUESTION.

Phil

Answer 6

The largest British one was called a sunderland,It had four engines.

Answer 7

The Dornier Do X

It was huge

Edit : apologies, it seems it was retired before WW2. So it is not it

Answer 8

it was DO-22

Answer 9

What? You need to do more study on the subject kid!

Answer 10

mars