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[Snautzer01]

ORIGINAL WWII RAF LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHS SIZE 9" X 7" | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

ORIGINAL WWII RAF LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHS SIZE 9" X 7" | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

ORIGINAL WWII RAF LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHS SIZE 9" X 7" | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

ORIGINAL WWII RAF LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHS SIZE 9" X 7" | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

ORIGINAL WWII RAF LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHS SIZE 9" X 7" | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

ORIGINAL WWII RAF LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHS SIZE 9" X 7" | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Excellent studies.

 

[Snautzer01]

Bet you haven't seen this.

Original ww2 raf/ British airborne glider towing report 1943, glider pilot regt | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Very cool.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[johnbr]

English Electric Works, Strand Road Preston c.1942

Halifax bomber cockpit and nose sections being assembled at the east works. Almost 3,000 Halifax bombers were produced at this and other shadow facilities around Preston during the war years

 

[johnbr]

Halifax Bomber Production at the Strand Road, West Works, Preston. Sept 1941.

The bombers were built in sections and then transported to the companies airfield at Samlesbury, where the were assembled, test flown and then delivered to the RAF

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

Original WW2 Royal Air Force RCAF Canadian Halifax Being Loaded for German Trip | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[nuuumannn]

Original WW2 Royal Air Force RCAF Canadian Halifax Being Loaded for German Trip | eBay

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Nice picture of an example of the ever evolving Merlin engined Halifax - this is a Halifax B.II Series 1A, with the long turretless streamlined nose designed to reduce drag and weight and Boulton Paul Type A mid upper turret as fitted to the Defiant, instead of the previous Type C top turret and front turret. Less obvious details include the original Gallay type radiators as fitted to Mk.II Series Is, evident in the small bulge at the bottom of each engine cowl intake leading edge. Note also the original triangular fin and rudder arrangement that was a lethal characteristic of the type, causing severe rudder overbalance that would fling the aircraft into an irrecoverable spin. Later Mk.II Series 1As were fitted with the improved larger surface area 'D' shaped vertical stabilisers that largely nullified the overbalance.

Another drag issue cured in this model was the tendency for the bomb bay doors over the wing centre section bays to droop slightly open in previous models, adding to the drag issues, which bedevilled the type from the outset and affected its overall performance. The fuselage bomb bay doors were altered to enable the type to carry bigger diameter bombs that were becoming standard within the RAF's inventory, such as the 4,000lb 'Cookie' bomb, but again, this came at a penalty of the doors hanging slightly open, with a resultant increase in drag. Despite the drag penalty however, the increase in size of individual bombs able to be carried improved the type's overall usefulness as the RAF demanded bigger weapons.

There was still work to do on the old warhorse though...

 

[Snautzer01]

Thanks for the expert reply.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!