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PostPosted: Fri May 06, 2022 7:10 am 
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Brit Fort with heavy nose.....

Never seen this one before!!!!

From FB: Boeing Fortress IIA with a canon Vickers S of 40 mm

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Did it fly with that hoist installed?


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PostPosted: Fri May 06, 2022 12:45 pm 
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No clue what that's for Brandon!


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Strafing surfaced U-Boats, no doubt. The plane appears to be painted in Coastal Command colors. I wonder if that was only an experiment, or if such aircraft were ever operational?


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Mark Sampson wrote:
Strafing surfaced U-Boats, no doubt. The plane appears to be painted in Coastal Command colors. I wonder if that was only an experiment, or if such aircraft were ever operational?


That was my thought as well. Definitely anti-shipping.

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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2022 4:45 am 
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Yes it's an experimental installation of a Vickers 40mm S gun in Coastal Command Fortress FK185, ex 41-2515, as tested at Boscombe Down.

More info here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/ind ... -chin-mod/


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Some of the pictures from the Brit Modeler link posted by Paul Stroud. There are more there.



Image38E7E727-781D-4ED8-A395-F777A0038331 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Image28BAF003-2D29-4BBD-B4AB-C133BF97BBD7 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Image01A7BFE8-DE30-463C-B839-ECA0CC7A40C8 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Image5BD1C6B9-6FF9-4821-BDB6-92CA634C60FF by tanker622001, on Flickr


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A good Uboat could get underwater if they spotted the aircraft quickly.Having the 40mm they hoped to have holed the upper surfaces before they went under.

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