A U.S. Navy Lockheed PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber in flight, circa 1943.
[Source: U.S. Navy]
The Lockheed Ventura was a bomber and patrol aircraft of World War II, used by United States and British Commonwealth forces in several guises. It was developed from the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar transport, as a replacement for the Lockheed Hudson bombers then in service with the Royal Air Force.
