A crewman of an RAF Short Sunderland flying boat eating a meal while on anti-submarine patrol over the North Atlantic. 1940, photo by William Vandivert [1280×569]
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A crewman of an RAF Short Sunderland flying boat eating a meal while on anti-submarine patrol over the North Atlantic. 1940, photo by William Vandivert [1280×569]
by Xi_JinpingXIV
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Just having some down time on his radio
The bombs are over his head because the Sunderland, being a seaplane, didn’t have a conventional bomb bay. Instead, the bombs are hung from a sort of trolley that can move outboard through a hatch and hang from the bottom of the wing.