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Re: Whitley turrets?
Posted by Elliott on Mon Jul 21, 2003 06:06:30 AM
In reply top Whitley turrets? posted by Les W on Sun Jul 20, 2003 04:17:58 PM
Hi Les
There are a few around - for the mk V Whitley the FN16 was used in the front and the FN4a was used in the rear. The FN17 was the dustbin turret used in the earlier marks but deleted as it kept jamming!
Personally I think they should have deleted the front turret on Whitleys - no nightfighter pilot was going to make a head-on attack, and they would have only been of minor use against ground targets. I know a Whitley pilot who attacked a convoy on a bridge at night with his but including this incident, it was only used twice on ops.
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: While on the Whitley subject, are there any know surviving
: Whitley turrets?
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: What makes and models where they?
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