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01-29-2005, 01:39 PM
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#226 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Evenglider, that artical is nice. I have read some of his others and for got how I liked them.
Also thanks for clearing up my por info on the F8F. 
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01-30-2005, 01:46 AM
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#227 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | No problem. I don't like to knit-pick, but I think we all are here to learn more. I know I have been corrected as well, and it's all good. I like having the right information. Nothing is more of a crime to history than to perpetuate a wrong fact. I like your siggy pic, BTW.
Quick trivia...What's a quick and easy visual way to see the difference between the B-24 and the LB-30?
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01-30-2005, 02:52 AM
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#228 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | If I knew what the LB-30 was, I could tell you! 
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01-30-2005, 03:29 AM
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#229 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | No top turret on the LB-30?
BTW CC, an LB-30 was the version of the B-24 used for pilot ferrying over the Atlantic
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01-30-2005, 03:35 AM
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#230 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | Ah thanks, Ill google it and see what I can find
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01-30-2005, 09:28 AM
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#231 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | ACtually the LB-30 literally meant Liberator, British. The pic in Willow's siggy is really an LB-30. I guess that was not really a clear question, there are a number of differences. The main one is the export versions of the Liberator typically had round nacelles, the non-export ones had oval nacelles. There are a number of exceptions, but the real LB-30s had round nacelles. The turrets did change a bit through the models.
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01-30-2005, 09:42 AM
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| The PB4Y2 also had oval nacelles. They were oriented the other way however with the oil cooler scoops above and below the engine instead of to either side.
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01-30-2005, 11:01 AM
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#233 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Yep, it's hard to keep track of all the mods sometimes.
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01-30-2005, 11:09 AM
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#234 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | Nice Liberator pics, evan. (Thanks for the RCAF pic.  )
The markings on the RCAF example are definitely post war. They're of the 1965-67 variety. | |
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01-30-2005, 12:10 PM
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Country: | Yeah that RCAF One is a good pic. I think ill save that to my computer. 
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01-30-2005, 01:36 PM
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#236 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Glad you guys liked the shots. I liked the RCAF shot because I hadn't seen anything like that one. Plus it's nice to recognize our neighbors to the North!
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01-31-2005, 03:48 AM
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Country: | Who? Scotland?
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01-31-2005, 05:16 AM
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#238 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | Yes. Scotland. Well, for us I guess it'd be Russia. Then again, for them I guess it'd be Canada. Alaska too, so the States would be included there.   I need a rest! | |
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01-31-2005, 01:38 PM
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#239 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | what, to much thinking again?? you've been warned about that before..........
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#240 | | He who does not skim
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