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Bomber Camp

Plane and Pilot

Power is turned into thrust by three-bladed Hamilton Standard constant speed, full-feathering propellers. For ferry flights, two 410-gallon tanks could be installed in the bomb bay, giving the bomber a 3,400-mile range. The flight engineer operated the Sperry top turret (twin.50s) The inboard bomb rails form a V.

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National Air and Space Museum Prepares for a New WWII Gallery

Vintage Aviation News

On July 25, 1944, Darbois took this Bf 109G-6 (Werknummer 160756 ‘Yellow 4’ of Jagdgeschwader 4) on a formation ferry flight over northern Italy.

Hangar 116