bombers

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  • Veedubber79 said:
    Consolidated B-24H Liberators in the 467th BG including B-24H-20-FO 42-94910 4Z-E+ (foreground) of the 788th BS & B-24H-15-CF 41-29369 "Tender Comrade / Ole 369" of the 791st BS preparing to return to CONUS in May '45. According to the 467th BG website, 41-29369 was lost en-route over Scotland due to structural failure in flight.
  • Jean-Paul Margnac said:
    Where is located this airfield ? Someone get an idea ?
  • Veedubber79 said:
    JPM: Assuming this picture was taken at their home base before the re-deployment, this photo was taken at RAF Rackheath (UK) where the 467th BG was stationed from late '43 thru the end of hostilities in May '45.

Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It

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  • Steve Crane said:
    I'm quite amazed by the colour in these old photos.
  • julia dee said:
    More than "color" per se, it's the dynamic range of transparency film. Digital can't come close at present.
  • marzitxu. said:
    q demais!!!

A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e., B-25] attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company (LOC)

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  • Mario S said:
    I love all these pictures. But I just wanted to represent for my profession. Line Service baby! In history forever.
  • Flyer31 said:
    These are B-25's NOT A-20 Havocs. Easy to spot difference is the tail assembly. B-25 has a twin tail. A-20 had a single tail. Note: The A-20 also had the nickname: Widow Maker
  • Mitch Chapman said:
    "Widow Maker" was a nickname for the Martin B-26 Marauder: www.flickr.com/photos/hawk914/533638778/ When introduced the B-26 had a comparatively high accident rate. Those who flew it noted that early models had a problem with runaway propellers (constant speed props failing to flat pitch at takeoff): www.b26.com/page/shop_talk.htm
  • perfgeek said:
    I suspect there have been several aircraft called "widow maker" over the years :) Thankfully, my father survived the A-20 quite well :) I do think that the term Widow Maker might have been applied to the night fighter version of the A-20, or perhaps its successor. One was IIRC the P-60, the other the P-71 and I can never remember which was which.
  • Mitchel25J (69 plus million Views Thank You ) said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called North American B-25 Mitchells, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group. These are B-25C on the North American Company line.