Thread: Is this a Blenheim Mk V?
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Old 6th October 2012, 16:42
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Re: Is this a Blenheim Mk V?
The nose is a bit distinctive, but overall it has (to me) the "sit" of a Ju88. The wings seem a bit long for a Blenheim, the engines a bit too long and underslung, there's no dorsal turret.

I don't think any Blenheim Mk.Vs flew on operations from the UK, but I can't confirm that offhand, and it could always have been a test/trials aircraft from (say) Boscombe.
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