Author Topic: Can someone name this plane? (Read 1744 times)

airbumba · « **on:** August 29, 2004, 07:52:45 PM »

I've had this pic for a while and I'm wondering what plane this is from. Can someone let me know?

OIO · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2004, 08:35:16 PM »

looks like the ventral of an early A-20

Jasta · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2004, 09:46:21 PM »

I would venture to say that too, but didnt the early model B-17s have a ventral turret such as that too?

Rafe35 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 29, 2004, 10:55:14 PM »

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Originally posted by Jasta
I would venture to say that too, but didnt the early model B-17s have a ventral turret such as that too?

Look that way, Gotta be B-17C or later........dunno

Halo · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2004, 12:00:20 AM »

IL-4 or SM-79? Some sort of early featherweight ventral.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2004, 02:43:50 AM »

Might be a B24. In some cases, in particular when operating from Pacific airfields where it might get muddy. they did away with the ball turret and had a "tunnel gun" in that position in a similar fashion.

The more 'slab sided' look to the fuselage makes me think so. Too big inside for an A20 and the early 17s had a "tub' under the fuselage for that gun.

Dan/Slack

storch · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2004, 07:46:10 AM »

Ma Duece in a PB4Y Privateer or early B24 maybe a C model

MiloMorai · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2004, 08:22:34 AM »

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Originally posted by storch
Ma Duece in a PB4Y Privateer or early B24 maybe a C model

Concur, the B-24C. The D model had the ball turret fitted.

airbumba · « **Reply #8 on:** August 30, 2004, 10:28:43 AM »

Yeah, the other night when we were looking at it tryin to figure out what plane, we kinda noticed the side walls were kinda B24 'ish.

So B24 ya figure.

Charon · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2004, 11:32:29 AM »

B-18 bolo?

Charon

OIO · « **Reply #10 on:** August 30, 2004, 11:47:53 AM »

on a lighter note, the guy is holding the MG in the same manner and in the same pose I hold my PS2 controller.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Guppy35 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 30, 2004, 11:57:38 AM »

Found this image of a B24D that shows the side windows that can be seen in the original photo. They don't seem to show up on later model B24s so I suppose they were leftover from the earlier versions.

Seems to confirm it's a 24. You can see someone standing at the waist gun in the earlier picture and it seems to be the same distance behind this guy that the waist window is to the lower windows in the image here.

Dan/Slack

MiloMorai · « **Reply #12 on:** August 30, 2004, 12:26:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
Found this image of a B24D that shows the side windows that can be seen in the original photo. They don't seem to show up on later model B24s so I suppose they were leftover from the earlier versions.

Seems to confirm it's a 24. You can see someone standing at the waist gun in the earlier picture and it seems to be the same distance behind this guy that the waist window is to the lower windows in the image here.

Dan/Slack

The D model had a ball turret which replaced the hand-held mg in the model C. Both had the windows as in the pic.

CurtissP-6EHawk · « **Reply #13 on:** August 30, 2004, 12:58:08 PM »

Top turret gunner on an Me-262

SELECTOR · « **Reply #14 on:** August 30, 2004, 01:22:04 PM »

looks russian to me