Creature From The Black Lagoon

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 04/11/2015 at 20:23 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > f86sabre 04/11/2015 at 20:30

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It's *almost* as rusty as my Cutlass.

VolksytheBug > f86sabre 04/11/2015 at 21:17

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Hard to tell what that *was.* It looks like it could be either a Kawasaki Ki-48 or Ki-45.

Ki-48:

Ki-45:

RacinBob > f86sabre 04/11/2015 at 21:30

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Betty?

user314 > f86sabre 04/11/2015 at 23:00

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I found the original photographer's Flickr page, which has it tagged as a Betty. I don't think that's right though; what's left of the canopy framing is more suggestive of a Lockheed Hudson.

ttyymmnn > user314 04/14/2015 at 23:28

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I googled "betty bomber" and found this picture, which is clearly the same picture as f86 posted. It was taken at Rabaul. I've looked a lot of pictures of Bettys, and I'm not convinced it's a Betty either. I'm also not convinced it's a Hudson. Look at that quarter-circle curve at the back of the main canopy, just above the engine. I think it's a Sally or a Helen.