"Nihongun Rokakuki" #3 - Douglas B-18 Bolo, Philippines

Douglas B-18 Bolo captured by the Japanese Army in the Philippines.

 I believe it's the same aircraft in the above two photos and a different in the photo below. 

It's interesting to me when I read comments on FB and message boards about how laughably garbage the retractable turret of "Nell" was, while at the same time the same commentators seem to forget that the "Bolo" had one such dorsal turret.

Before you start talking about who "copied" whom: Bolo first flight - April 1935, Nell first flight - July 1935.

According to the original vintage magazine caption, the photo below was taken at Nickols Airfield, while the first three at Clark.

Leave a comment if you know more about these aircraft, like units etc.