Lockheed Ventura

Pesawat Lockheed Ventura skuadron No. 37 Royal Australian Air Force di Merauke pada masa Perang Dunia Kedua

Lockheed Ventura adalah sebuah pesawat pembom dan patroli Perang Dunia II, yang digunakan oleh Amerika Serikat dan pasukan Persemakmuran Inggris dalam beberapa samaran.

Pesawat ini dikembangkan dari pesawat transportasi Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, sebagai pengganti pesawat pembom Lockheed Hudson kemudian dalam pelayanan dengan Royal Air Force.

Referensi

• Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. ISBN ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
• Carey, Alan C. PV Ventura / Harpoon Units of World War 2 (Osprey Combat Aircraft 34). Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1-84176-383-7.
• Roberts, Michael D., Captain, MSC, USNR (Ret.).Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2: The History of VP, VPB, VP(H) and VP(AM) Squadrons. Diarsipkan 2008-09-15 di Wayback Machine. Washington, D.C.: Naval Aviation History Office, 2000.
• Scrivner, Charles L. and W.E. Scarborough, Captain USN (ret). Lockheed PV-1 Ventura in Action. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1981. ISBN 0-89747-118-0.
• Stanaway, John C. Vega Ventura: The Operational Story of Lockheed's Lucky Star. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7643-0087-3.
• Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1965.

Pranala luar

• The aircraft in Lake Washington. Diarsipkan 2011-09-30 di Wayback Machine.
• USAF Museum B-34 fact sheet
• USAF Museum B-37 fact sheet
• "The Versatile Ventura" June 1945 Popular Science—note: rare photos of loading of various weapon loads
• "2000 Mile Navy Bomber" Popular Mechanics, November 1945, p. 10.
• Ralls Clotfelter, 2003, "PV-1 Ventura in the Pacific – Lockheed's forgotten warbird"(archive.org copy of the originalDiarsipkan 2007-04-03 di Wayback Machine. as of 3 April 2007 )
• Encyclopedia of American Aircraft Diarsipkan 2009-01-02 di Wayback Machine.
• US Navy Patrol Squadrons
• PBS Nova program about "Bomber 31"
• Web site about RNZAF use
• Ventura Memorial Flight Association (VMFA) Diarsipkan 2010-08-21 di Wayback Machine.
• Alberta Aviation Museum
• American Military Heritage Foundation (AMHF)
• Lockheed Twins Site - civil Ventura conversions Diarsipkan 2008-10-11 di Wayback Machine.
• 1946 manual AN 01-55ED-1 Pilots Handbook for Navy Model PV-2 PV-2C PV-2D Airplanes
• Alan C. Carey author of PV Ventura and Harpoon Units
• Registry Of Lockheed PV-1 Ventura survivors