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[Count de Bastrop]

It was fitted with streamlined Lancastrian-style metal fairings in the nose and tail, replacing the standard gun turrets to reduce drag.

And yet it still carries the bombing radar scanner. Any idea on the date of the photo? Or use to which Ares was put?

 

[Viking1066]

Lancaster "Aries" (serial number PD328) was a specially modified Avro Lancaster heavy bomber used by the Empire Air Navigation School at RAF Shawbury. It holds historic aviation significance as the first British aircraft to fly around the world (1944) and the first to fly over the geographical and magnetic North Poles (1945).The aircraft was stripped of its armaments and heavily modified for advanced polar navigation and scientific study.

 

[MiTasol]

So a more streamlined version of the RCAF Lanc 10AR

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Lancaster "Aries" (serial number PD328) was a specially modified Avro Lancaster heavy bomber used by the Empire Air Navigation School at RAF Shawbury. It holds historic aviation significance as the first British aircraft to fly around the world (1944) and the first to fly over the geographical and magnetic North Poles (1945).The aircraft was stripped of its armaments and heavily modified for advanced polar navigation and scientific study.

So the H2S was kept as a navigational aid

 

[Viking1066]

An Ar 196 on board the German cruiser Admiral Hipper the net

 

[Viking1066]

Dornier Do-24K was an export version of the Dornier Do 24, a three-engine flying boat originally developed in Germany in the 1930s the net

 

[Viking1066]

FAF 4 the net

 

[syscom3]

Tuskegee, Alabama, 19 July 1941. Among the first students to enter the U.S. Air Corps school at Tuskegee Institute will be
these flying cadets, shown as they attended the dedication of the school. Known as the 99th pursuit squadron and pilot
training school, it is the first school to train Black Students as officers in the U.S. Air Corps. (L to R) William H. Slade,
John C. Anderson, Lemuel R. Custis, S. Pannell, F.J. Moore, G.S. Roberts, Charles D. Brown, Marion B. Carter.

 

[syscom3]

Five Royal Canadian Air Force Cessna Cranes overfly a sixth on the opening day
of No. 12 Service Flying Training School on July 19, 1941, at Brandon, Manitoba.

 

[bf109xxl]

FAF 4 the net
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This may be an SB-2M-103, Reg. No. SB-7, from 2/PLeLv FAF.

 

[Viking1066]

OS2U Kingfisher 1942-43 location unknown the net

 

[Viking1066]

SNJ Texan aircraft having just landed on USS Sable, Lake Michigan June 1943 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Rocket-armed F6F-5's of VF-11 Sundowners aboard USS Hornet (CV-12) in the summer of 1944. Avengers and Helldivers at the aft end of the flight deck the net

 

[special ed]

OS2U Kingfisher 1942-43 location unknown the net
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Nice oil streaks on the cowl - good detail for weathering

 

[Viking1066]

FAF 7 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Heinkel He IIIs Soviet Union 1942 the net

 

[Viking1066]

The Blohm & Voss BV 238 V1 was a massive German WWII flying boat prototype 1944 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Oil tank being filled via donkey Russia the net

 

[Viking1066]

RAAF Hawker Demons 3Sqn at Nandowra aerodrome Scone NSW Australia the net

 

[Viking1066]

Factory fresh P-47 in a parade in Evansville Indiana the net