JACK McKILLOP COLLECTION
No. 6076. Lockheed 137 B-34A Lexington (AJ303 c/n 137-4441) US Army Air Forces
Photograph from USAF
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01/22/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop:
"This aircraft was one of 487 Model 37-27-02 Ventura Mk. IIs
ordered on a Lend-Lease contract for the RAF. The Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 found the USAAF short of aircraft and
264 of the 487 were delivered to the USAAF as B-34As but retained
their RAF serial numbers. In October 1942, they were redesignated
RB-34As, the “R” indicating the aircraft was restricted to non-combat
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Created January 22, 2007