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Offline Superfly

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« on: April 05, 2002, 03:38:09 PM »
I'm looking for pictures or cut-away drawings of the Boston Mk III bombadier and gunner position (twin 30 cal.).  Any help would be much appreciated!
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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2002, 03:58:55 PM »
as in a20 havoc?

sweet!
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2002, 04:03:19 PM »
As in check News and Announcements section  :)
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2002, 04:09:21 PM »
Well its almost an A-26 :D

Cool Superfly!
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2002, 04:10:10 PM »
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There are a number of good, inexpensive references on RAAF Bostons. The best of these is:

Boston, Mitchell and Liberator in Australian Service by Stewart Wilson, Aerospace Publications, Canberra, Australia, 1992. ISBN 1-875671-00-5

Also, see Quarter Scale Modeller No. 16, September 1998. In addition to the very informative construction article covering both the Boston III and Boston IV, this magazine reproduces the otherwise impossible to obtain, (for most of you out there) and excellent, drawings from APMA Magazine issues 3/86 and 2/87.

A terrific general reference, including colour photos, is Airpower Magazine from january 1996, Volume 26 No. 1. This may be available as a back-issue from the publisher.

And we should not overlook the Squadron "A-20 in Action" book.

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Re: Need Boston Mk III references
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2002, 04:22:19 PM »
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I'm looking for pictures or cut-away drawings of the Boston Mk III bombadier and gunner position (twin 30 cal.).  Any help would be much appreciated!


Don't have anything from the other positions. I have 2 nice pics of cockpits tho. I know at least one of them is of an A-20 but the other is different--may be a DB-7. Both are color and of good quality. Can ya use em? Maybe for a future A-20? : ) Let me know and I'll dig em up no prob.

I built a model of an A-20G a ways back. Can't remember what I used for references. There was some digging. I remember at that time the Squadron "in action" book of the DB-7/A-20 was out of print and had to track it down thru interlibrary loan. That one had a ton of pics in it. I think it was re-issued when AMT came out with an injection molded A-20 and may be available now.


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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2002, 04:28:04 PM »
BTW thanks for adding this one. I passed this along to a friend of mine who's Dad flew the A-20 in the Pacific and then Vaders in Korea. That's him on the left. I'm sure he'll be thrilled.

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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2002, 04:28:09 PM »
I've got good cockpit references.  I haven't been able to find anything on the bombadier postion.  I have found one pic of the gunner position in the book "A-20 Boston at War".
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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2002, 05:19:47 PM »
Not that this is really much of a help, but the last time I was at NASM they had an A-20 glass nose on display...you might see if someone in DC can pop over there with a digital camera.

Now when you do and F/A-18, I can help you bigtime...:)

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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2002, 05:31:43 PM »
Man This a great adation! Thanks! It will be very usefull for the CT:)
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2002, 05:52:15 PM »
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Originally posted by Smut
Not that this is really much of a help, but the last time I was at NASM they had an A-20 glass nose on display...you might see if someone in DC can pop over there with a digital camera.

Now when you do and F/A-18, I can help you bigtime...:)

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Smut,

Are you sure you're not thinking of the nose from "FlakBait", the B-26 we already have?

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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2002, 05:57:40 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2002, 06:54:09 PM »
Kickass!! A bomber I would fly :)

Charon
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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2002, 08:45:50 PM »
this and the b-24 liberator are the only 2 bombers I have any interest in :)


kickass HTC awsome addition :)
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« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2002, 10:36:21 PM »
Gotta luv the A-20 at the USAF musuem in Dayton.  Its got a skull and crossbones insignia on the nose (the guns form the eyes of the skull)  thats really cool looking.  I got a pic of it somewhere that I took the last time I was there, that I'll post if I can find it.
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