Talk:Martin Baltimore

Merge proposal

Agree Seems reasonable - there does appear to be more information here (i.e. Martin Baltamore). Nigel Ish 18:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

British designations?

Was the "Mark" (abbreviated Mk) designator used officially? Koalorka (talk) 15:41, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes - see here: British military aircraft designation systems —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.40.250.143 (talk) 12:13, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Fuselage

It says "Due to the narrow fuselage it was nearly impossible for crew members to change positions during flight if wounded (the structure of the interior meant that the pilot and observer were separated from the wireless operator and rear gunner). This was common for most light bombers of the era like the Handley Page Hampden, Douglas Boston, and Blenheim."

The problem of the narrow fuselage didn't apply to the Blenheim; it had a seat for the bomb-aimer next to the pilots seat, while the other three types were truly isolated. Second, the man in the rear of the Blenheim could reach the cockpit by crawling over the wing spars, something which would be impossible in the other types, as well as futile since the fuselage was so narrow that there would be no way to move the pilot from his seat anyway. But it was far simpler for the Blnheims bomb-aimer to reach the pilot, so there was little reason to do so..45Colt 09:46, 18 March 2015 (UTC)