Venturas in Canada 4 – RCAF Postwar Target Tugs & Bombing & Gunnery Trainers – Docs digital publication
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Features 4 colorful Venturas in postwar RCAF service converted for the target tug and bombing and gunnery trainer roles.
Additional material in this particular set's Docs include a period Avro Canada-produced illustration of the interior nose mods made for the B&G role, and a manufacturers illustration, with notes, of the combination marker-range aerial fitted beneath the bomb bay. Thorough finish and markings guides for each role, as well as a selection of reference photographs complete the coverage.
(Please note: any watermarks visible on the shop preview images are not present on the actual PDF pages)
Additional material in this particular set's Docs include a period Avro Canada-produced illustration of the interior nose mods made for the B&G role, and a manufacturers illustration, with notes, of the combination marker-range aerial fitted beneath the bomb bay. Thorough finish and markings guides for each role, as well as a selection of reference photographs complete the coverage.
(Please note: any watermarks visible on the shop preview images are not present on the actual PDF pages)
Aircraft covered in this set:
• Ventura GR.V2195 as Bombing & Gunnery Trainer GM•N, Air Armaments School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in newer VC-era markings after the School's code changed from "DK" to "GM" – probably from 1949 into the early 1950s.
• Ventura GR.V(TT) 2222 decked out in "Oxydol Special" yellow and black Target Tug finish, Air Armaments School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, on detachment to RCAF Station Sea Island, British Columbia, from February 1948 into the early 1950s.
• Ventura GR.V(TT) 2254 also in the yellow and black Target Tug finish, Air Armaments School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in newer VC-era markings in use from June 1948 into the early 1950s.
• Ventura GR.V 2263 as Bombing & Gunnery Trainer DK•R, Air Armaments School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in VC-era markings from the summer of 1948 into the early 1950s.
• Ventura GR.V2195 as Bombing & Gunnery Trainer GM•N, Air Armaments School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in newer VC-era markings after the School's code changed from "DK" to "GM" – probably from 1949 into the early 1950s.
• Ventura GR.V(TT) 2222 decked out in "Oxydol Special" yellow and black Target Tug finish, Air Armaments School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, on detachment to RCAF Station Sea Island, British Columbia, from February 1948 into the early 1950s.
• Ventura GR.V(TT) 2254 also in the yellow and black Target Tug finish, Air Armaments School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in newer VC-era markings in use from June 1948 into the early 1950s.
• Ventura GR.V 2263 as Bombing & Gunnery Trainer DK•R, Air Armaments School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in VC-era markings from the summer of 1948 into the early 1950s.