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A B-18 Bolo and P-40's at Iceland March 1943. Note the band, camera, VIP's and the formations marching along.

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Douglas "Digby". That's the RAF name for the Bolo. This is the nose section. I have no idea what the lower glass window is for. Maybe a
sighting mechanism for a remote control turret?

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If you mean the hemispherical part of the bottom of the nose, that was a manually operated machine-gun position. The cutout for it is in the horizontal position (but the whole hemisphere could be spun) and I suspect sealed off with perspex/plexiglass. The above part of the nose was for bomb aiming, though no bombsight is present. Love the shark nosed version of the B-18/Bolo.
 
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