Royal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk.III
Royal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk.III. This very leaky Stirling is flying with the tail-wheels extended, probably due to the notoriously unreliable electric retraction mechanism. Also visible are the individual bomb bays, which severely limited its usefulness, in the bombing role, when the large cookie bombs and widespread use of 1, 000 lbers came on the scene
Picture No
13130886
Media ID
47741520
Size
3802px x 3035px
(1.2MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Original glass plate negative
Date
circa 1942
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Bays Bombs Cookie Extended Leaky Mechanism Mk.iii Notoriously Retraction Severely Stirling Unreliable Usefulness Visible Widespread
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