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22nd Jan 2011, 13:37

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Originally Posted by Jetex_Jim

Thanks, tanimbar. Dyson on those proposed turret-less Lancasters.

Which probably accounted for the subsequent post-war unarmed bombers when everyone else added guns from B-36 onwards and the Russians to this day even on transports. That tail gun certainly worried the old DF guys and still worried the F4 guys closing for a VID or even a Fox 2.

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