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    A view from astern


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    A pre-war classic; great looking, probably fun to fly


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    These made life difficult for the Jap navy


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    You younger fellows might have trouble identifying this one

    At the 2008 air show, I spoke with a man who flew these in Europe; I'll try to find and post his photograph.

    I also know a fellow who served in New Guinea, maintaining B-25s and other aircraft. He saw a few of these, between bouts of Malaria and Dengue fever; they were so far from supply lines, they lacked medicines to treat such diseases, and just had to live with them.

    At Reading Airport, they're trying to restore this. I believe it was salvaged from some jungle. You can't just find parts for it at the local supply house; I don't know how they'll do manage. I'm sure lots of $$$ are involved.



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    Found it

    This fellow, shown with the girl he married after the war, flew the P-61 with the 9th Air Force, first from a base in Englandicon, then in France, then Belgiumicon. They were in Belgium when the Bulge started; he said the Jerries got within a few miles of the airfield.

    Later during that period, the Luftwaffe put everything that could fly into the air and launched a massive attack on our forces. He went up that day and got two; said he could have gotten more but "just wasn't up to it."

    Nice fellow, easy to talk with. I let them go because the heat this day was blistering hot, and I was concerned about her.

    P.S. Note the multiple Oak Leaf clusters



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    the re-enactors do it up right at this air show


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    This one served in every theater of war

    General Kinney, head of our air force in the southwest Pacific, arranged for optional nose configurations for this B-25 medium bomber. They could be changed in the theater, from solid nose, to multiple machine guns and even to a cannon, though I forget the caliber; it was 75mm or larger.

    I could have used John's Photoshop skills with these views.
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    Louis,

    The B-25 optionally carried a 75mm gun in the nose. At least one Japanes destroyer was sunk by B-25s using cannon.It may have been the Ariake in July '43.

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    I never saw one during the war


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