By: SADSACK - 31st January 2003 at 16:19
RE: Ventura
Ah thats a fabulous site. I hadnt seen it for a while 🙂
By: Ant.H - 31st January 2003 at 01:09
RE: Ventura
The link below has some excellent info on Coastal Command Venturas and a couple of pics to boot.The rest of the site is well worth exploring too.
http://uboat.net/allies/aircraft/ventura.htm
By: Ant.H - 30th January 2003 at 19:57
RE: Ventura
Hi Folks,
It depends which version of the Ventura you are building.The early GR examples were converted from the retired bombers,and retained the dark earth/olive green upper surfaces and the huge Boulton Paul mid-upper turret.Some had rocket rails fitted under the wings.These retired bombers were known as GR.II’s in Coastal command,and they were also used in various other roles such as communications flying and training with other commands.A large number went to both the RAAF and the SAAF,being used mainly in Africa for either bombing and anti-shipping strikes(North Africa and the Med.) or in search and rescue in South Africa.They seem to have retained the european camouflage as far as I can tell.
The US Navy’s PV-1 version was also supplied to RAF Coastal Command as the GR.V,with 228 being delivered.These were exactly the same as the PV-1,with the far better Martin top turret and a solid nose.I’ve not seen too many photo’s of these,but they appear to have been painted in the standard CC grey uppers/white unders scheme,with a demarcation line about half way up the fuselage sides.
Hope this helps.
By: Moggy C - 30th January 2003 at 16:50
RE: Ventura
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 30-01-03 AT 04:50Â PM (GMT)]I’ll probably make a fool of myself here (No change there then) but did Coastal Command use the Ventura? I thought they had the Hudson.
Moggy
My ‘local’ airfield was a major Ventura (Flying Pig) base whilst they were in Bomber Command service.
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January 30, 2003 at 4:28 pm