Brit Fort with heavy nose.....

[Michel Lemieux]

Brit Fort with heavy nose.....

Never seen this one before!!!!

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

https://www.facebook.com/Bruyneel.Patrick/posts/3006715856212895

[bdk]

Did it fly with that hoist installed?

[Michel Lemieux]

No clue what that's for Brandon!

[Mark Sampson]

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?

[Scott Rose]

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.

[Paul Stroud]

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/

[Larry Kraus]

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



38E7E727-781D-4ED8-A395-F777A0038331 by tanker622001, on Flickr

28BAF003-2D29-4BBD-B4AB-C133BF97BBD7 by tanker622001, on Flickr

01A7BFE8-DE30-463C-B839-ECA0CC7A40C8 by tanker622001, on Flickr

5BD1C6B9-6FF9-4821-BDB6-92CA634C60FF by tanker622001, on Flickr

[Spitty]

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.