Night bombers interception in Western Europe in 1944

Bill Shatzer wrote:

Joel Ehrlich ) writes:

Or prehaps to greater effect, reinstalling the belly turrets they had removed
as "un-needed".

Did RAF bombers -ever- have belly turrets?

Certainly none of the "heavies". It was the dorsal turret which
was discontinued on some models.

That's not quite correct. Lancasters had belly turrets, but they were being
removed or left off in early '44 to improve performance, and because there was
little perceived need for them. Except for the Canadians in 6 Group, who were
re-installing them. Some a/c (Lancs for sure, I forget whether Halifaxes did also)
had a flexible Vickers K gun mounted in the (empty) radar bulge early on, when H2S
production was running behind that of the fairings.

Guy