Lockheed ventura was an american bomber, patrol and night fighter during world war ii. The aircraft had a metal structure, in a spine-wing configuration with a landing gear retracted in flight. It was powered by 2 pratt and whitney r-1850 engines, 2000 hp each. The flight of the prototype took place in 1940, and serial production continued in 1941-1944. The armament was usually made of 8 lewis machine guns with calibers of 7. 62 mm or 7. 7 mm or 12. 7 mm and up to 1134 kg of bombs

Usn wwii medium, twin-engine bomber/patrol aircraft.
detailed cockpit, well defined panel lines
build with bomb bay doors open or closed

three u. S. Navy markings:

• pv-1 "blonde blitz" of unknown unit, russel island, solomon, mid 1943
• pv-1 "scooters dream" of unknow unit, russel islands, solomon mid 1943
• pv-1 "641", vb-148, july 1944