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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: Litvyak on July 25, 2012, 01:01:41 PM

Title: ww2 airplane - type ID please?
Post by: Litvyak on July 25, 2012, 01:01:41 PM

So a friend of mine just sent me a photo taken at Vancouver airport in 1944, it's a splendid high res image, but (as usual) something in the background caught my eye. I've cropped the photo to focus in the portion of interest, as the full-size file (which shows the entirety of the CPAL airplane in the foreground) is huge.

Can anyone ID what that is? It looks like it's got radials and a turret? Overall light colour - yellow, perhaps? Or white?

Title: Re: ww2 airplane - type ID please?
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 25, 2012, 01:07:37 PM

My guess is a RCAF Bristol Blenheim or Bristol Bolingbroke

Title: Re: ww2 airplane - type ID please?
Post by: upnorth on July 25, 2012, 01:12:21 PM

Quote from: GTX_Admin on July 25, 2012, 01:07:37 PM

My guess is a RCAF Bristol Blenheim or Bristol Bolingbroke

I'd agree with that. The landing gear design is distinctively Blenheim/Bolingbroke.

Title: Re: ww2 airplane - type ID please?
Post by: tc2324 on July 25, 2012, 04:39:09 PM

I would say it was a Bristol Bolingbroke, (Canadian built), and the white scheme would indicate a Coastal Command machine.

Title: Re: ww2 airplane - type ID please?
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 25, 2012, 04:42:27 PM

Ah yes...but what time of the day was the photo taken...and what did the crew have for breakfast that day? ;)

Title: Re: ww2 airplane - type ID please?
Post by: The Big Gimper on July 25, 2012, 07:39:48 PM

Quote from: GTX_Admin on July 25, 2012, 04:42:27 PM

Ah yes...but what time of the day was the photo taken...and what did the crew have for breakfast that day? ;)

Fresh caught Pacific Salmon of course.  ;D

Title: Re: ww2 airplane - type ID please?
Post by: Litvyak on July 25, 2012, 07:45:08 PM

Actually, time of day probably CAN be determined at least roughly based on the shadows...