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Name This...(135)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:12 am
by Brady
???

RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:13 am
by Tankerace
American made Hudson medium bomber.
RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:32 am
by stubby331
Im with tanker.. [8D]
RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:07 am
by ATCSMike
Lockheed Super Electra 'aka' Hudson
Mike

RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:08 am
by jrcar
Yup
rob
RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:36 am
by Raverdave
In point of fact it is actually an A-28. And it is also powered by Cyclone engines, unlike the RAF Hudson that had Twin Wasps. The dorsal turret is a Boulton Paul design.
RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:36 am
by 52nd Lowland
Oh well i'll stick with its a twin engined plane...[:D]
RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:01 pm
by bravow01
nice picture. where did you find it?

RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 11:36 pm
by Brady
Hudson, it is[:)]
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Raverdave, my referances are not quiet good enough to lable it in more detal, though at a glance it would apear you are corect.
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Picture scaned from the book: Wings over the Seven Sea's.
RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:31 am
by Raverdave
If it had had RAF or RAAF colours then yes it would have been a Hudson, but as it is she is carrying USAAF colours.
RE: Name This...(135)
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:46 pm
by Brady
CC, Raverdave...But the British Names Typicaly Stuck for most of the planes they named, so While techinicaly your of course corect, it commonly know as a Hudson hear in the states as well.