Most Unattractive Aircraft of WW2

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And I thought I were the only one with this opinion.
From some angles the Lanc looked very businesslike
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Doc and Fifi are nice and fresh, so they should be good for quite some time.

I know that Eric (evangilder) has been an Airventure regular there for years and I believe he captured the historic flight of the two at Oshkosh in 2017.
Things have been realy hectic for me, so I haven't made it back there yet, but maybe we can all plan on a big get together at Airventure 2021 - like get as many friends from across the pond (and of course, our friends under the Southern Cross, too) and here in the states to converge for a bash!
Oh man, I would love to go to Oshkosh someday, especially with you guys. But I don't think I could pull this off at the moment with two upgrowing kids at home.
 
That was so you could get in the tail turret.

Actually, it was so the toilet lid had something to rest on! :D That's the tailplane spar.

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Crawling over the spar (as Pbehn said) to get to the rear turret. Excuse the blurry photo, taken with a film camera many years ago.

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There's not much room in a Lancaster, it'd be a rough cramped ride in a Lancastrian as a passenger, let alone as bomber crew. These raised frames are the fwd and aft main spars and had to be climbed over to get to the cockpit.

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Taken from the navigator's position, with the mannequin standing in front of the flight engineer's panel. Pilot's headrest armour plate visible.

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Know what you mean but the B-24, B-17 and B-29 are just as graceful when in the air imho. As I said I'm just judging on aesthetics, and there those other bombers win by a long shot.

Yeah, the B-17 is a beaut in flight.

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B-17 smoky pass

But the B-24? Hmmm, like someone once said, it was the box the B-17 came in!

As mentioned, not seen a B-29 in flight, but even on the ground it is a beautiful bird.
 
Last time I made it to Oshkosh (and I even live IN Wisconsin) I did get to catch the Boeing 307. Now that is the ultimate in elegant aircraft. But I love the shark fin B-17s too.

For purposes of this thread, thought, I nominate the BV-141:

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Yeah, the B-17 is a beaut in flight.

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But the B-24? Hmmm, like someone once said, it was the box the B-17 came in!

As mentioned, not seen a B-29 in flight, but even on the ground it is a beautiful bird.

Imho the B-24 has a futuristic appeal to it. The slender Davis wing gives it a grace in contrast to its hull which looks cool somehow. The twin tail shape is unmistakable.
The PB4Y-2 Privateer with its longer fuselage and turrets shapes looks especially badass though I don't quite like the single tail.
Main thing is they are not as angular as the Lanc, together with them lacking all the ugly features I mentioned before.
The eye of the beholder...
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