Tag Archives: 20mm

Increase in Night Fighter Armament of the Junkers 88

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. intelligence report and photographs of the Ju 88 night fighter ventral gondola armed with four 20mm guns, from Informational Intelligence Summary, No. 44-29, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 1944. INCREASE IN NIGHT FIGHTER ARMAMENT … Continue reading →

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Delayed Action

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Strange tale (tail?) from Air Force, April 1943. DELAYED ACTION CREWMEN of a B-17 had a surprise recently while flying over a quiet sector of England when a 20 mm. shell exploded in the left horizontal stabilizer. They had reason … Continue reading →

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Navy 20 mm Gun and Mounts

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Description of 20 mm guns and mounts deployed on U.S. naval vessels, on merchantmen, and at many shore stations in WWII from Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May 1944. 20 MM. GUN AND … Continue reading →

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