Vega Ventura: The Operational Story of Lockheed's Lucky Star

Schiffer Publishing | 1996 | ISBN: 0764300873 | English | 116 Pages | PDF | 34.5 MB


Drawn from the files of English, American, New Zealand, Australian and Canadian sources, as well as from veterans, this is the story of Lockheed's Lucky Star-the marvelous Ventura! Fashioned from the Lockheed Model 18 airliner, the Ventura went on to fight on nearly every World War II battlefront as a penetration bomber, anti-submarine patrol aircraft, reconnaissance bomber, and even nightfighter