michaelmaltby
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syscom3
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Bombardier in nose of an A-20 1941
stug3
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BOAC Douglas DC-3 silhouetted by searchlights
Gibraltar 1942
Gibraltar 1942
A wee correction, the image posted was taken sometime after its first flight, but was definitely in the capable hands of Bulman at this time. At the time of the Hurri's first flight, it had one less frame in the sliding canopy, the centre one was missing and it had bracing struts fitted under the tailplane. See below.
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Hurrica...ges/Hawker-Hurricane-I-Prototype-K5083-03.jpg
According to my Hurricane book (Hawker Hurricane, Robert Jackson, Blandford, 1987), between 6 November 1935 and 7 February 1936 it made ten flights, all flown by Bulman. The canopy framing was fitted soon after the first flight but the struts were removed subsequently. An image in the book shows the aircraft in flight with the canopy frame and the tailplane struts in place.
Exhaust gases entering the cabin maybe?
"The German response to the Tank Mk.I appearing at the Battle of the Somme for the first time in 1916 left a little to be desired..."
michaelmaltby
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A-20 Havoc "F" and personnel of the 312th Bomb Group, 28 May 1944. This would have been when they were stationed at Gusap New Guinea.
Nice shots!
michaelmaltby
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Soviet A-20G serial 43-21891 1944
Escuadrilla Azul
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Is it Russia or North Africa?
Airframes
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North Africa.
at6
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I joined for a uniform and stayed for the war.
Good shots guys!
