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By: - 15th August 2020 at 20:13 Permalink - Edited 16th August 2020 at 12:11
According to the original Getty image (much better image) found on their website:
A Handley Page Hampden twin-engine medium bomber of No.50 Squadron Royal Air Force Bomber Command showing the nose section with the bomb-aimer's window and the forward gun-turret[,] is loaded with an aerial magnetic mine before an operation on 23 March 1941 at RAF Waddington, United Kingdom.
I doubt they were trying to load the mine into the gun-turret! So, add a comma after ‘gun-turret’, and I would say it is probably be a trolley for an aerial magnetic mine.
By: - 16th August 2020 at 09:59 Permalink
I would have said it’s a torpedo handler but a mine would work with it.
By: - 16th August 2020 at 11:55 Permalink
Got a wee typo there, Oracal. Pic taken at RAF Waddington
By: - 16th August 2020 at 12:11 Permalink
Thanks MM. Funny things sometimes happen with cut’n-paste. Odd.
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By: Romantic Techno - 15th August 2020 at 14:59 - Edited 15th August 2020 at 14:59
Hi all,
surely you don't need to tell ma about the Handley Page Hampden shown in this picture. But what tricycle-like (in fact, it has four wheels) gadget are the soldiers operating there? Looks like it needs a decent push.
Thank you for answers, and regards,
RT