Duxford Air Show - Flying Legends 2005

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$Avro Lancaster Mid-upper Turret\narmed with two Browning .303 machine guns.$ $Two bi-planes being wheeled out.\nHawker (either Hart or Demon, can anyone help?) and possibly Jungmeister$ $Possibly Jungmeister\nBeing wheeled out by ground crew$

Landing gear of Consolidated PBY Catalina

$Wartime mascot art - "Sally B"\nMost aircrews named their aircraft and had suitable mascots$

$Twin contra rotating airscrew on a Spitfire\nContra rotating airscews cancelld out the spiral airflow of the single airscrew and were more efficient.$

Hawker (possibly Hart or Demon) Fighter.

Poliakarpov fighter (designed about 1932)

$Possibly Jungmeister\nBuilt for training when Germany was not allowed military aircraft.$

$Lockheed 12A\nCould have been the forerunner of the Hudson$ $Lockheed 12A\nCould have been the forerunner of the Hudson$ $Avro Anson used in WW2 as transport and training for air gunners (had a Browning Turret fitted). The first Anson's had a manual wind-up undercarriage which took 200 turns to lift.\nI understand from an RAF colleague (who was aboard the plane) that it was the first RAF plane to touch down at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, when the resistance drove out the German garrison. They actually witnessed the liberation of the airport from the air.$

$Boeing B17 Flying Fortress "Sally B"\nSimulating engine problems$

Boeing B17 Flying Fortress taxiing into place

$North American Mitchell medium bomber.\nDuring the liberation of France, some were fitted with 75mm cannon for attacking tanks and trains.$ $Consolidated PBY Catalina, an amphibious aircraft. Floats in the lowered position.\nThey were used for anti-submarine patrols in the Pacific by the US Navy and also for airsea rescue.$ $Consolidated PBY Catalina, an amphibious aircraft. Floats and undercarriage down.\nThey were used for anti-submarine patrols in the Pacific by the US Navy and also for airsea rescue.$ $Consolidated PBY Catalina, an amphibious aircraft. Floats form wing tips\nThey were used for anti-submarine patrols in the Pacific by the US Navy and also for airsea rescue.$

$Swedish Air Force Saab Fighter.\nVery unusual undercarriage.$

Hawker Hart or Demon and the Gloster Gladiator (Royal Norwegian Airforce)

Gloster Gladiator (Royal Norwegian Airforce)

$Consolidated PBY Catalina, an amphibious aircraft. Landing\nThey were used for anti-submarine patrols in the Pacific by the US Navy and also for airsea rescue.$ $Consolidated PBY Catalina, an amphibious aircraft. Floats partly retracted\nThey were used for anti-submarine patrols in the Pacific by the US Navy and also for airsea rescue.$ $Consolidated PBY Catalina, Undercarriage retracted\nThey were used for anti-submarine patrols in the Pacific by the US Navy and also for airsea rescue.$

Two Vought (F4u) Corsairs, a Douglas Skyraider and a Hawker Sea Fury

Consolidated PBY Catalina (taxiing) and the Boeing B17 Flying Fortress, Sally B.

Yakolev Yak 11 (also referred to as Yak 3M)