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July 23, 2014 at 3:01 pm in reply to: The Bombay Duck project #927848

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Apologies, don’t know why the pages I cut and pasted from the Bombay thread I started are not available, the whole thread can be found here
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?128497-Bristol-Bombay-Information&highlight=bombay

July 23, 2014 at 12:06 pm in reply to: The Bombay Duck project #927925

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Not sure if you have seen these pages from Flight in 1939, one good photo of a Bombay flightdeck
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi…0-%200361.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi…0-%200362.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi…0-%200363.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi…0-%200364.html

They were posted in response to Bombay Information I was seeking for a modelling project, now nearly finished. The thread title is Bristol Bombay Information

June 10, 2014 at 9:50 am in reply to: Bristol Brigand. #893170

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In my view it would be appropriate for the Brigand fuselage to find its way back to the Bristol Aero Collection for display and possible restoration at the proposed Filton Museum, see http://www.bristolaero.com/

January 28, 2014 at 2:01 pm in reply to: Bristol Bombay Information #995560

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Thanks to everyone who has sent info on this subject, think I have enough now to complete a convincing model. The photo below of the front turret intrigues me, the sheets of perspex are almost stitched together with no framing, how was this done? [ATTACH=CONFIG]225011[/ATTACH]
One last question, did air ambulances such as the Australian Bombays carry guns?
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January 24, 2014 at 1:50 pm in reply to: Bristol Bombay Information #999478

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Thanks Geoff there are some excellent diagrammes of the interiors of the turret mechanism and one internal photo of the front turret. Still confused about whether the whole turret including glazing moved or just the gun ring, I assume the latter?[ATTACH=CONFIG]224885[/ATTACH]
Best photo of the rear turret I have found is attached.

January 23, 2014 at 1:33 pm in reply to: Bristol Bombay Information #1000507

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Thanks Geoff, ordered and on its way!
I think I have seen a poor scan of the cutaway on the net so a better quality one will hopefully be useful,
NeilH

January 23, 2014 at 9:18 am in reply to: Bristol Bombay Information #1000837

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Thanks for the information so far, had a feeling they were Australian units that operated Bombays as air ambulances.
The photos on the Flightglobal website are new to me and very interesting. If the turrets are standard items would there be more information on them in other places? Were they used on other Bristol aircraft? None spring to mind.
Never seen any photos of the wreck off Gibralter, wonder what state it is in?
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