Manchester Mk III aircraft in flight, circa 1941

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Caption     Manchester Mk III aircraft in flight, circa 1941 ww2dbase
Date  1941
Photographer    Unknown
 
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1. Robert says:
13 Aug 2010 04:26:37 PM

The photo shows a mk.Ia Manchester(there was no mk.III)of 207 Squadron in 1941. The original Manchester mk.I had a tailplane of reduced span and a third fin on the fuselage top. The mk.Ia tailplane was carried over to the later Lancaster design.
2. Anonymous says:
11 Jun 2017 03:02:48 PM

There was a mk III, but it had 4 engines and looked like a lancaster
3. Commenter identity confirmed Alan Chanter says:
5 Sep 2021 09:32:04 AM

Note the Fraser-Nash FN7 mid-upper turret, known usually as the ‘Botha’ from the type of aircraft in which it was first used. Evacuation from this type of turret was, to say the very least, not easy, even for a small man. Guns would be a pair of belt-fed 1930 pattern Brownings of .303 calibre.

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