Please Help Me Identify This Plane - Aircraft of World War II

Zed · 03-22-2006, 11:39 PM

Any help would be much appreciated. Sorry about the quality. Thanks!

reddragon · 03-23-2006, 12:07 AM

I'm no expert but it looks an awful lot like the North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber to me.

kiwimac · 03-23-2006, 12:12 AM

Lockheed of some kind. Looks pre-war? The ID stars don't seem to have the WW2 flashes on them? Lockheed Harpoon / Ventura?

The photo below shows that the one Zed posted is clearly a lockheed bomber OF SOME KIND.

Source: http://www.daveswarbirds.com

Just which kind is the question.

Zed · 03-23-2006, 12:15 AM

Thanks for the input! Here's another picture that might help.

EDIT: These are graduation photos in '44, I believe.

kiwimac · 03-23-2006, 12:23 AM

I tried cleaning up your picture a little to see if I could find out anymore detail.

This is the result.

I don't know if it helps in identifying the plane at all.

Kiwimac

kiwimac · 03-23-2006, 12:33 AM

You can clearly see in the second photo that while the Dorsal turret mount is there, there appears to be no actual Turret

Mind you, the condition of these shots is appalling and anything could be hiding in there including the massed Highland Pipers!

Kiwimac

the lancaster kicks ass · 03-23-2006, 03:34 AM

i would've said one of the beech trainers........

loomaluftwaffe · 03-23-2006, 05:03 AM

yeah but i forgot the name, but they look so damn familiar

kiwimac · 03-23-2006, 06:51 AM

Beech didn't have the twin rudders as does the first photo.

Kiwimac

Grampa · 03-23-2006, 07:25 AM

The picture whit the single plane is an Lockheed A-28 Hudson whit out the top turret or perhaps its an Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar and the picture whit those 2 plane is a Beech Model 18. You can clearly see that there a difference of number of side windows of those picture.

pbfoot · 03-23-2006, 08:01 AM

I'm going to suggest its the PV1 or 2 Ventura or Harpoon

FLYBOYJ · 03-23-2006, 08:43 AM

The first one is a Hudson. The second ones are Electras...

RAF

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Zed · 03-23-2006, 10:53 PM

You guys are awesome - thanks for the help!

evangilder · 03-24-2006, 11:14 AM

Beat me to it, Joe. But I figured once I scrolled down, a former Lockheed guy should have caught it

FLYBOYJ · 03-24-2006, 11:19 AM

03-23-2006, 12:07 AM	#2
reddragon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The city on the edge of forever. Posts: 217	I'm no expert but it looks an awful lot like the North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber to me. __________________ I want to be the kind of person my cat thinks I am.

03-23-2006, 12:12 AM	#3
kiwimac Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Deepest Darkest NZ Posts: 1,131	Lockheed of some kind. Looks pre-war? The ID stars don't seem to have the WW2 flashes on them? Lockheed Harpoon / Ventura? The photo below shows that the one Zed posted is clearly a lockheed bomber OF SOME KIND. Source: http://www.daveswarbirds.com Just which kind is the question. __________________

03-23-2006, 12:23 AM	#5
kiwimac Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Deepest Darkest NZ Posts: 1,131	I tried cleaning up your picture a little to see if I could find out anymore detail. This is the result. I don't know if it helps in identifying the plane at all. Kiwimac __________________

03-23-2006, 12:33 AM	#6
kiwimac Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Deepest Darkest NZ Posts: 1,131	You can clearly see in the second photo that while the Dorsal turret mount is there, there appears to be no actual Turret Mind you, the condition of these shots is appalling and anything could be hiding in there including the massed Highland Pipers! Kiwimac __________________

03-23-2006, 03:34 AM	#7
the lancaster kicks ass Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 19,945	i would've said one of the beech trainers........ __________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."

03-23-2006, 05:03 AM	#8
loomaluftwaffe Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,848	yeah but i forgot the name, but they look so damn familiar __________________ "The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories." - General der Jagdflieger Adolf Galland"

03-23-2006, 06:51 AM	#9
kiwimac Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Deepest Darkest NZ Posts: 1,131	Beech didn't have the twin rudders as does the first photo. Kiwimac __________________

03-23-2006, 07:25 AM	#10
Grampa Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 214	The picture whit the single plane is an Lockheed A-28 Hudson whit out the top turret or perhaps its an Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar and the picture whit those 2 plane is a Beech Model 18. You can clearly see that there a difference of number of side windows of those picture.

03-23-2006, 08:01 AM	#11
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,586	I'm going to suggest its the PV1 or 2 Ventura or Harpoon

03-23-2006, 08:43 AM	#12
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,050	The first one is a Hudson. The second ones are Electras... RAF unk __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

03-23-2006, 10:53 PM	#13
Zed Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	You guys are awesome - thanks for the help!

03-24-2006, 11:14 AM	#14
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	Beat me to it, Joe. But I figured once I scrolled down, a former Lockheed guy should have caught it __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

03-24-2006, 11:19 AM	#15
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,050	__________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

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