Consolidated Catalina IVA JX574 of 210 Sqn, fitted with a Leigh Light under the starboard wing, while operating from Sullom Voe in the Shetlands during 1944.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PBY Catalina - СШАUSA - 1935

A Short Sunderland III, with which 10 Sqn RAAF was equipped in 1942, along with Sunderland IIs. The engines were the same as the Mk II but the dorsal turret had been introduced. Squadron code letters were not usually included on Mk IIIs. Perhaps the most important improvement on the Sunderland III was the faired main step which resulted in a saving of ten per cent of air drag without impairing the hydrodynamic performance of the hull.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Sunderland / S.25 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

A Wellington XII (XIV ???) of 172 Sqn off the Taw Estuary in August 1943. This type had the retractable Leigh Light as well as ASV radar in a chin radome instead of the aerial array above the fuselage.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Wellington GR - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

One of the first pictures of the new weapon to be released, this shows a Leigh Light beneath the starboard wing of a Coastal Command Liberator under test at night in 1944. The aircraft is illuminated by the powerful 22/24in carbon-arc searchlight, selected by Sqn Ldr “Sammy” Leigh as the basis of the Leigh Light.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PB4Y-1/Liberator GR - СШАUSA - 1941

A Consolidated Liberator VI at St Eval, Cornwall, with a nacelle-type Leigh Light under its starboard wing.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PB4Y-1/Liberator GR - СШАUSA - 1941

ROCKET-CARRYING LIBERATOR. Among the interesting weapons experimentals of the last war was the Liberator GR.5 with rocket sponsons just forward of the bomb-bay. The machine depicted is FL927/G with two separate ASV installations and an under-wing Leigh light. The Liberator's rockets were intended for use against surfaced submarines, the A.A. fire of which at one time prevented aircraft getting near enough for the kill. Parallel experiments were those with various 57-mm. gun installations.
Liberator V BZ880/G (???), seen here with its Leigh Light conspicuously displayed under its starboard wing, served with 86 and 311 Sqns and then went to 1674 Flight. It overshot and suffered a collapsed undercarriage at Aldergrove on April 22, 1945.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PB4Y-1/Liberator GR - СШАUSA - 1941