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Old February 15th 10, 05:30 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:44:27 -0500, S.B. wrote
(in article ):

What type is that? The nearest I can get is B-26, but that
had a round fuselage.


Douglas Boston (RAF name) or Havoc (USAAF name). The girl on the step-stool
on the lower right is doing something inside the section of the nose where
the bow gunpods would be mounted. Single or twin guns, .30, .303, or .50,
depending on service and model. The RAF (and the Free French in RAF service)
used them for very low-level daylight cross-channel raids. Look up in
particular 342 (Lorraine) Squadron, 2 Group, 2nd Tactical Air Force.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/h342.html has a pic of a Boston III with
the .50 gunpod.