[Milsurplus] Name This Bomber

[C.Whitaker]

Looks like a modified B-24.
73  Clete W
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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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