Please Help Me Identify This Plane

[Zed]

Any help would be much appreciated. Sorry about the quality. Thanks!

 

[reddragon]

I'm no expert but it looks an awful lot like the North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber to me.

 

[kiwimac]

Lockheed of some kind. Looks pre-war? The ID stars don't seem to have the WW2 flashes on them? Lockheed Harpoon / Ventura?

The photo below shows that the one Zed posted is clearly a lockheed bomber OF SOME KIND.

Source: http://www.daveswarbirds.com

Just which kind is the question.

 

[Zed]

Thanks for the input! Here's another picture that might help.

EDIT: These are graduation photos in '44, I believe.

 

[kiwimac]

I tried cleaning up your picture a little to see if I could find out anymore detail.

This is the result.

I don't know if it helps in identifying the plane at all.

Kiwimac

 

[kiwimac]

You can clearly see in the second photo that while the Dorsal turret mount is there, there appears to be no actual Turret

Mind you, the condition of these shots is appalling and anything could be hiding in there including the massed Highland Pipers!

Kiwimac

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i would've said one of the beech trainers........

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

yeah but i forgot the name, but they look so damn familiar

 

[kiwimac]

Beech didn't have the twin rudders as does the first photo.

Kiwimac

 

[Grampa]

The picture whit the single plane is an Lockheed A-28 Hudson whit out the top turret or perhaps its an Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar and the picture whit those 2 plane is a Beech Model 18. You can clearly see that there a difference of number of side windows of those picture.

 

[pbfoot]

I'm going to suggest its the PV1 or 2 Ventura or Harpoon

 

[FLYBOYJ]

The first one is a Hudson. The second ones are Electras...

RAF

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[Zed]

You guys are awesome - thanks for the help!

 

[evangilder]

Beat me to it, Joe. But I figured once I scrolled down, a former Lockheed guy should have caught it

 

[FLYBOYJ]

8)

 

[savage]

lockheed Hudson

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah unfortunately that was confirmed in march and the guy that asked is long gone.....