AE658 MK1 1941 1st Aircraft Built at Lockheed Vega Plant
Ventura Mk. I
Patrol bomber for RAF based on the L-18,
lengthened fuselage, engine upgrade.
S/n: AE662 to Lockheed as C-69 engine
test-bed, nicknamed "Ventellation."
produced 1941 – 1942
Lockheed-Vega, Burbank, California (VE)
(RAF) AE658 / AE845 37-4001 / 4188 188 Total: 0188
15 crashed before delivery.
80 to RAF. 21 to RCAF, no s/n change.
71 to SAAF, s/n mixed 6001 to 6135.
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- https://www.uswarplanes.net/lockheedtwins.pdf
- 1941 1st Aircraft Built at Lockheed Vega Plant RAF Hudson AE658 News Wirephoto | eBay