[Milsurplus] Name This Bomber

[Jack Antonio]

Without seeing a picture, these are just guesses....

John, could you scan it and email the picture directly?

But first, are we even talking about an American built
aircraft?

1. B-24N.  The N model was a single tailed version of the
B-24.  This was not a PB4Y-2, but had
a shorter vertical stabilizer and other differences.
Only a few were built, quantity production was interrupted
by the war's end. It did have a nose ball turret.

2.  B-32. Also too late for quantity production, but
a few actually saw combat service very late in the war.

Both of the above, though, most likely would *not* have
had the MN series loop John described, but probably the
LP-21 style "football".

Also not sure if the above had 6 turrets.

Also, John's question about the "logo" which I assume
means the national insignia, has me wondering if we are
talking post war, or post 1948.  Could he be referring
to the horizontal red stripe added to the white bar after
1948?

Would really like to see a picture, got me curious as well.

Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4


On 3/21/2012 9:42 AM, Mike Hanz wrote:
> Can't be a PB4Y2 with that small cruise range, John.  Published specs
> were over ten times that figure.  Just to be sure, there are period
> photos of the exterior of the PB4Y2 at the bottom of my web page at
> http://aafradio.org/sidebar/PB4Y2_Line_Maintenance_Manual.html
>
> Where is the aft ball turret?  Top or belly?  Ball turret in the nose
> sounds like a B-17G - its range is 2,000 miles, which would coincide
> with a typo on the photo.
>
> Best,
> Mike
>
> On 3/20/2012 11:29 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> I was given some old pics of some planes and a ship, but cannot ID the plane.
>>
>> The planes have:
>>
>> Fout props
>> Single tail
>> Ball turret in the nose w/ two guns
>> Ball turret aft of wing
>> Observation dome on top
>> MN-26 loop
>>
>> D67 on fusilage.
>>
>> I also have a pic of a flight of 6 like planes with EH on the vertical
>> stabilizer.
>>
>> This is on the back of one pic:
>>
>> Complement  11 men, 13 on patrol
>> 6 Turrets 500 rounds 50 cal. 1000 rounds in tail
>> 200 mile cruise range
>> 2600 gallons fuel
>
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