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Lend-lease Bostons were delivered with red stars in white circle tooThe Soviet's red star always appears a darker shade in B&W photos. And I'm going by memory here, but U.S. delivered aircraft had the red star in the blue circle, ones delivered from Britain had the red star with white (or gold) outline.
I found another heavily (and not very skillfully) retouched photo of some Soviet Bostons, and the one furthest from the camera has been given a clumsy-looking treatment around the cockpit and nose area. But not a completely different glassed-in nose.
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I would say that's the photomontage. Why ? Perhaps the main reason for that was to hide the fact that the soviet AF used US made stuff at that time.
and the one furthest from the camera has been given a clumsy-looking treatment around the cockpit and nose area.
The I-16 had a similar set-up - it was to allow the engine to come up to temp in harsh winters.Anyone else notice the device in the engine cowling? To regulate engine temps up in the frozen North?View attachment 652039