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Re: Is this a Blenheim Mk V?
It certainly has the front profile of a Blenheim V and could be the version with a solid nose.
There is also a hint of a dorsal turret and the tailplane is horizontal too.
From late 1942, 13, 18 114 and 614 Sqns in the UK all received Blenheim Vs to work up for a move to North Africa.
From what I have read its seems 614 Sqn may have used this version on OPs from the UK from August 1942.
However if the photo dates from Nov 1942 that is the very same month as all four Sqns flew to North Africa. But it would be strange or rather foolhardy for a crew to buzz or attack a ship on a ferry flight, where safe navigation and staying out of harms way was the order of the day.
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Larry Hayward
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