Фотографии
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The Type E, with four 0.303-in Brownings, the tail turret for the Halifax and British Liberators.
Самолёты на фотографии: Consolidated B-24 Liberator - США - 1939Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - Великобритания - 1939
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Регистрационный номер: LL780 The BA and BB barbettes installed in Lancaster LL780/G at Cosford in 1946, after the system had been cancelled
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - Великобритания - 1941
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Регистрационный номер: L3084 The BPA Type A four-gun turret in Blackburn Roc L3084. All 136 Rocs were built by Boulton Paul Aircraft at Pendeford
Самолёты на фотографии: Blackburn Roc / B-25 - Великобритания - 1938
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Boulton Paul's first turret, the pneumatic nose turret for the Overstrand, with the single Lewis gun in the upper stowed position
Самолёты на фотографии: Boulton Paul Overstrand / P.75 - Великобритания - 1933
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A Type C twin 0.303-in turret installed in a Halifax
Самолёты на фотографии: Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - Великобритания - 1939
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Регистрационный номер: R9436 The Type T twin 0.50-in dorsal turret installed for testing in Halifax R9436 in June 1942. This was the only one of the turrets designed for production in America which was actually built and fully tested before cancellation.
Самолёты на фотографии: Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - Великобритания - 1939
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A Type D turret complete with AGLT scanner installed in a Halifax at Cosford in February 1944
Самолёты на фотографии: Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - Великобритания - 1939
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The Type K electrically-retracted under-turret, without guns and cupola, for the Halifax and Albemarle.
Самолёты на фотографии: Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle / A.W.41 - Великобритания - 1940Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - Великобритания - 1939
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Регистрационный номер: N7244, N7251 Lockheed Hudson N7251 at Pendeford in 1939 after fitment of its Boulton Paul C Mk IIA turret on March 4, 1940; in the background is Hudson N7244, which crashed near Leuchars on August 23, 1940, while N7251 became instructional airframe 4266M in October 1943.
Самолёты на фотографии: Lockheed Hudson A-28 / A-29 - США - 1938
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After years of work, the first and only Boulton Paul cannon turret to go into production was this Type N mounting for the Shackleton, an offensive rather than a defensive installation
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Shackleton / Type 696 - Великобритания - 1949
Статьи
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- Picture pages
- Testing the Royal Air Force Fortresses
- The gun turret scandal