[Milsurplus] Name This Bomber

[J. Forster]

> Without seeing a picture, these are just guesses....
>
> John, could you scan it and email the picture directly?

Sure. Later this afternoon.

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

It has the ---*--- on the side. Otherwise I know nothing. The pic was
given to me by a lady who found it at a yard sale.

> 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.

This has a nose turret, and I saw a tail turret in the deep shadow just now.

> 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".

This has the "football". The MN-26 had an ADF option that used it. I've
had that radio for 50 years.

> Also not sure if the above had 6 turrets.

See previous email on 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?

I have two pics, both B&W. The one I've been writing about most has the
single wide stripe. The pic of the flight of 6 have double white stripes.
Because of the sun angle, I can't infer color.

> Would really like to see a picture, got me curious as well.
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4

I'll scan them later.

Best,

-John

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>
>
> 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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