OT: What Is This? 2016

[dazoline II]

As a new year's day treat here's a shot I took from a Christmas visit to a museum in Canada. I was fascinated by the bomb bay depicted here as I had previously only seen bomb bays showing crew compartments open to the bomb bay.
As a reward I'll post a more recognizable shot of this "young lady" after its correctly guessed. Built in Canada this gal didn't fly in the war but many of her sisters did in the Indian theatre.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

A Bristol Bolingbroke?

[BBfanboy]

Looks like a folding wing on the left and three depth charge bombs in the bay, so I am guessing a version of the TBM Avenger, perhaps with a different engine from the US standard one.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

AFAIK, Avengers were not built in Canada

[dazoline II]

Nope, not a Bolingbroke.

[BBfanboy]

Perhaps a Barracuda then?

[zuluhour]

That Fairly thingy?

[BBfanboy]

Yes, the Fairey Barracuda. It's carrier based and British, so it could have been used by the CVEs and CVLs that Canada operated. For that matter Canada had Corsairs * on some of its CVLs so there is a case to be made for US aircraft such as the Avenger being in a Canadian Museum.

* IIRC Robert Hampton Gray was flying the Corsair when he won the VC sinking a Japanese DD in port just before Japan surrendered.

[dazoline II]

Not sure about the Barracuda being flown by Canada but they did have a Swordfish.
FYI those "depth charges" are 500 pounders.

[JeffroK]

Lancaster X.

[wdolson]

That's a much bigger bomb bay than anything ever operated from a carrier. I agree with JeffK, I think it's a Canadian built Lancaster. The Lanc had a long, shallow bomb bay like that.

It's possible it's a Wellington too. That also had a long, shallow bomb bay.

Bill

[dazoline II]

For the win its a Lanc. X.
This elegant gal didn't see action but is dressed in the wartime colours of RCAF #428 Squadron.

[wdolson]

Looks like a Bf-109F or early G to the left. I thought first it was a Bf-108, it looks a little wider than a 109, but it has the wingtips of a 109F or later.

Bill

[zuluhour]

Bill, I'm beginning to think you are a curator at the Imperial War Museum. [:'(]

[JeffroK]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

Looks like a Bf-109F or early G to the left. I thought first it was a Bf-108, it looks a little wider than a 109, but it has the wingtips of a 109F or later.

Bill

bf109F-4/Trop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Av ... ace_Museum

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Bill, I'm beginning to think you are a curator at the Imperial War Museum. [:'(]

I've always been an aircraft geek, I have embarrassed docents at air museums.

Bill

[pontiouspilot]

Museum in Ottawa??....in reply to Dazoline

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

Looks like a Bf-109F or early G to the left. I thought first it was a Bf-108, it looks a little wider than a 109, but it has the wingtips of a 109F or later.

Bill

I'm sure you are right. I was thinking an FW-190 but the stabilizers are clearly too wide for that.

[Orm]

Really nice pictures. Thank you, dazoline II, for sharing. [:)]

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

Looks like a Bf-109F or early G to the left. I thought first it was a Bf-108, it looks a little wider than a 109, but it has the wingtips of a 109F or later.

Bill

ORIGINAL: geofflambert
I'm sure you are right. I was thinking an FW-190 but the stabilizers are clearly too wide for that.

The tail and wing are totally different shapes than for a 190. It's definitely a Messerschmitt product.