I hope they add the Finnish manufactured Blenheim bombers with enlarged bomb bay.
100kg bombs loaded.
250kg bombs being loaded.
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The fact that 8x100kg are carried semi-recessed in the first image and the bomb bay door are bulged outwards in the second one means that the images are from original British-built Blenheim’s which were modified in Finnish service. Finnish-built ones had the same improved 8x100kg or 2x250kg bombload but the bomb bay was redesigned internally so there was no need for external bulges or semi-recessed racks.
Finnish airforce actually divided their Blenheims into six series as follows:
Series 1: British-built Blenheim I (1937)
Series 2: Finnish-built Blenheim I (1941-42, delayed by Winter War)
Series 3: British-built Blenheim IV (1940), converted to photo-recon)
Series 4: British-built Blenheim I (1940)
Series 5: Finnish-built Blenheim I (1943) fitted with mk.IV engines and German flight-instruments
Series 6: Finnish-built Blenheim IV (1944, captured unfinished Yugoslavian fuselages)
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