Monday, October 19, 2009

Dustbin Turret

Boulton Paul P.75 Overstrand bears the distinction of being the last RAF biplane bomber - and the first one to have power-assisted closed turret.
Commissioned in 1936

More images & info (EN): Wiki, Avia

2 comments:

johnh said...

Hello there. Despite it's appearance, the nose turret of the Boulton-Paul Overstrand was not traditionally referred to as a 'dustbin turret'. Rather, a dustbin turret was an open topped affair mounted in the ventral position and usually retractable. Cheers.

Tuareg said...

Un engendro de monstruoso diseño