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What are the outward physical distinguishing differences of the WWII Yak fighter variants please?

Here's another image I just found that seems to have a single hand-held gun in place of the turret, in the manner of the older tunnel gun, fed merely by a box of ammo off to the side or perhaps from boxes mounted up near the ceiling.

Here's another pic I found. Though not very clear it's taken from the waist gun position facing forward. There appears to be a single hand-held gun, like the earlier tunnel gun, where the ball would usually be and it seems to be fed simply from a box put overhead.

I think it worth including here. (From WWII data base): "During the Battle of Britain Dowding was criticised by Vice Marshal William Sholto Douglas, Assistant Chief of Air Staff, and Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, for not being aggressive enough. Douglas took the view that the RAF fighters...

It was a modification asked for by the 5th Air Force and it appears that a lot if not most of the 90th bomb Group's Libs had it so it seems the added range and or bomb load was deemed more important than the added protection. I don't know if the Japanese resistance was starting to dwindle for...

It would be nice to have a wider angle on it to see what's supporting what but that doesn't seem likely. It looks as though there is no post like I had thought but its all supported on braces to the scarf ring. Can't be sure though.

Got it! From this website: Plane Talking - HyperScale's Aircraft Scale Model Discussion Forum: B-24 Ventral Guns Replacing Ball Turret - Help Please And it only took hours and hours.

Here's yet another shot of the type I am seeking interior views of:

On the late model 5th airforce Libs with the modification I am requesting pics or illustrations of, the hand-held guns rotated 360 degrees on a post housed in a plexiglass "dish". As I said earlier I did see a small photograph of the arrangement I am describing, so I know it existed as such, but...

Thanks Micdrow, great pics. Not what I'm looking for but can't get enough detail shots.

Thought I'd bump this (hopefully that's allowed) since there are other active B-24/ball-turret threads active now and maybe it'll come up.

That line from "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" comes to mind (even though I've come to hate it a little bit for it's abuse in invoking 'the good lie' especially in the recent past): "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend".

Thanks Aozora. That explains the .50 cal nose gun mystery.

On another website this was identified as an A-36. I disagreed on the basis of there being no apparent evidence of dive brakes and it's being on a photo ship. It does have nose guns however and I'm not sure P-51As had them: I know the RAF were given one (A-36) for evaluationbut I searched...

I had read of in a book, I think "Cactus Air Force" and also saw 1 picture in one of those WWII in color books of a small, white oxygen mask used by the US Navy and Marines. I was recently trying to locate some photographs but was unable to. Can anyone direct me to some or a source or website...