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Old 7th April 2012, 07:45
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Re: Non standard nose turret on late war Dornier Do 24

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Originally Posted by Hans Mcilveen View Post
Hello,

This image was first published in Aeroplane Monthly, April 1985. It shows a late war Do 24 from SNGr 81 evacuating children, fleeing from the advancing Russian army, at the coastal village of Nest (now Unieście, Poland) in 1945.
The flying boat has a nose turret that differs from the usual Alkan type used on all other Do 24 I have seen. Was it a powered turret?
Was it introduced in the last production run of the type or simply a one off?

Hans
It's the same turret type as used on the Ju 188, Ju 290, BV 222 and a few Fw 200s and I think it's the version with the MG 151 rather than the version with the MG 131.

Frank
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