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Originally Posted by HBPencil
Didn't the B-34 see some (admittedly unsuccessful) action as the Ventura Mk I with the RAF?
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The UK originally ordered the Ventura, before the USAAF had any interest in the type. That was the Ventura Mk. I.
It was only after Pearl Harbor that the USAAF impressed some Ventura Mk. IIA ordered by the UK and called them B-34s. They were mostly used for training, but some (~30) were used for ASW patrols along the North American coast. After 1942, the USN took over ASW duties and also took over production of the Ventura under the designation PV-1.
During its time with the Air Force, the B-34 never saw combat and never left the Western Hemisphere. Hypothetically, the Ventura Mk. IIA would be similar enough to the B-34 that it could substitute. So, no reason to model it.
04-19-2016, 06:24 PM
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