Author Topic: what could this be? (Read 1022 times)

niklas · « **on:** November 14, 2001, 11:19:00 AM »

it´s a sonar picture. from www.divetheworld.com.

Anybody has an idea which model it is?

niklas

Raubvogel · « **Reply #1 on:** November 14, 2001, 11:57:00 AM »

Do you know where it was taken?

HoHun · « **Reply #2 on:** November 14, 2001, 02:16:00 PM »

Hi Niklas,

the aircraft could be a Lockheed P2V Neptune, I think.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

LLv34_Camouflage · « **Reply #3 on:** November 14, 2001, 04:17:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Raubvogel:
Do you know where it was taken?

The North Sea.

Camo

BenDover · « **Reply #4 on:** November 14, 2001, 04:34:00 PM »

it's ugly,is it french???

Raubvogel · « **Reply #5 on:** November 14, 2001, 05:00:00 PM »

Kind of looks like an IL-2...but no idea what would be under it's wings.

Kratzer · « **Reply #6 on:** November 14, 2001, 05:24:00 PM »

engines.

Kratzer · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2001, 05:25:00 PM »

actually... the wings look a lot like a 109, and the elevators just look distorted i think... 109 with rockets underwing in pods?

Wmaker · « **Reply #8 on:** November 14, 2001, 05:25:00 PM »

Most probably a B-17C or B (I'm betting on the C) if you think about the location and look at the "bulged" side windows...

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Tac · « **Reply #9 on:** November 14, 2001, 05:26:00 PM »

Looks like a flying boat. Catalina? Look at the tail, the turret pods are there. The tail and wings also correlate with a flying boat.

DA98 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 16, 2001, 03:39:00 PM »

It's clearly a PB4Y Privateer, as said at http://www.divetheworld.com/Projects-team/Projects/Unknown1/index.htm .

"There is a lot of discussion about it being a PB4Y Privateer but the wings don't seem long enough. The tail seems to be different from the one on the Jane's picture also"

The image is distorted, so the wings and tail seems shorter than they are. If you expand it to make it wider with any image editing program, it clearly matches the silhouette.

Serapis · « **Reply #11 on:** November 16, 2001, 04:56:00 PM »

What is the depth, does anybody know?

Charon

Bluefish · « **Reply #12 on:** November 16, 2001, 06:11:00 PM »

Hmmm, wing width at root and the shape of the horiz stab don't look like Privateer, but the only other candidate would appear to be an early B17 and the fuselage shape and engine nacelles don't appear right for that. Indeed a mystery.

Rendar · « **Reply #13 on:** November 16, 2001, 07:23:00 PM »

Guys...it's not distorted...it's turned over on it's side. I'm fairly sure of this.

HoHun · « **Reply #14 on:** November 17, 2001, 06:45:00 AM »

Hi DA-98,

I agree with distortion and Privateer identification.

I withdraw my Neptune suggestion, the outer port engine shows clearly that the nacelle is faired into the upper wing, so it doesn't match the jet engine nacelle the Neptune carried under the wing. Wingtip shape doesn't match the Neptune's, either.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)