Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Bristol Blenheim?
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Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
A bit like it. It looks like the spinners have pips on the end. Polikarpov ?
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
midlife
Guru
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
It all seems Russian to me !
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
It looks as though the centre section of the wing is further forward than the outer section, a bit like the Mosquito wingvwhere the radiators sit.
classic33
Leg End Member
Not a Mosquito, or any of it's family, the engines are wrong.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
No. What I mean is when looking at the wing in plan form the leading edge looks staggered as in the Mosquito.
Nigeyy
Legendary Member
- Location
- Massachusetts, USA
For full disclosure, I think it's Japanese -I have the original photo, and it looks like there is a Japanese marking on the wing on the right hand side. I think, but am not 100% sure it is from the Marshall Islands or islands in that theatre. This is a photo I picked up from a jumble sale that was going to be thrown out, and no one knew anything about it -aside from the fact someone in the family was in the Marshall Islands. But that's as much information I know.
But.... I may be completely wrong. What's perplexing me is what looks like the cockpit or gun turret canopy beside the right engine. I wonder if its a Mitsubishi KI-21 Sally? Though it looks like the ironwork if that is the front doesn't match....
EDIT: maybe it is!!! I just noticed it looks like there is some sort of air vent in the photo I originally posted on the right wing, and there's one on the right wing on the picture below.
But.... I may be completely wrong. What's perplexing me is what looks like the cockpit or gun turret canopy beside the right engine. I wonder if its a Mitsubishi KI-21 Sally? Though it looks like the ironwork if that is the front doesn't match....
EDIT: maybe it is!!! I just noticed it looks like there is some sort of air vent in the photo I originally posted on the right wing, and there's one on the right wing on the picture below.
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DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
The fairing where the engine cowling meets the upper wing surface looks rather smaller than that on the Ki-21.
Having said that, I have no idea what else it might be.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
The Beaufighter should have a circular intake projecting from the leading edge of the wing just outboard of each engine.
