B-25's ...

[Mark Allen M]

Source, San Diego Air and Space Museum archives, North American Archives. Library of Congress photo archives.
Website below well worth a look. 340th Bomb Group, 487th Bomb Squadron.
http://www.reddog1944.com/340th%20BG%20 ... PLANES.htm


B-25 of the 17th Bomb Group 34th Bomb Squadron


B-25J 44-31064 assigned to the 499th Bomb Squadron 345th BG




B-25J 44-29577 of the 498th Bomb Squadron "Green Falcons" 345th BG


B-25D "Charmin Lady" Assigned to the 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group 17th Recon Squadron Lost May 19 1945


345th Bomb Group


B-25J


345th Bomb Group


B-25G-5-NA 42-64968 "Blondies Vengeance" in the South Pacific


B-25D serial 41-30347 assigned to the 499th Bomb squadron 345th BG






B-25D 41-30082 assigned to the 501st Bomb Squadron 345th BG


Operations Group 7th Air Force 6th 9th 22nd 334th B-26s


13th Operations 8th Air Force


340th Bomb Group


345th Bomb Group


345th Bomb Group


12th Bomb Group

[Mark Allen M]

42nd Bomb Group Flightline at Mar Strip near Cape Sansapor Dutch NewGuinea in September 1944


B-25Js of the 405th Bomb Squadron 38th Bomb Group 5th Air Force


Tuskegee Airmen 447th Bomb Group


B-25 12th BG


Heavily armed 14th Air Force B-25 with 105mm howitser in the nose


490th Bomb Squadron 341st Bomb Group


B-25D-NC41-29696 "Dirty Gerty from Bizerty" of the 3rd Attack Group based in Australia in 1942


B-25 "Ladies Delight" 340th BG 486th BS


B-25Hs 1st Air Commandos


13th Sqdn over Australia


B-25 Mitchells from the 3rd Anti-submarine Squadron


487th BS 340th BG


14th Air Force B-25 on a bomb run Victoria Harbor Hong Kong

[Ken]

I'll say more later, but my first impressions are:

1. Most underwing rocket rail photos I've seen in 1 place.
2. Most old/alternate style Air Apache tails I've seen.
3. Neat to see the 340th birds with the second upper wing star & bar.
4. Great photos!

Ken

[The Inspector]

B-25/B-25A #39 the 17th was based @ McChord AAFB near beeeooootiful Tacoma, WA. It's a real early one with the Rube Goldberg tail position and the paired side windows.

44-31064 was a J-32 and must have been either a pool or spare as it had a dedicated Crew Chief (Gamblin) but no assigned pilot in squadron 6/45 out EOW.

4429577 a J-22 'Lady Lil' in squadron 1/13/45 out EOW. Pilot Begia Crew Chief Runnel

Calamity Jane an H has had the 75 mm cannon replaced with two -50's a common swap out in theatre.

The close up front end of the 490th's airplane is the inspiration along with the winged skull, for FHC's 'BUSTER' Steven Spielbergs Dad was in the 490th.

The H (or G) with the shark mouth head on, that's the factory 75mm in the tunnel not a 105

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[muddyboots]

What's with all those square patches on Dirty Gerty? Is that some sort of bullet hole repair or something? I never know what the heck I'm talking about...

[The Inspector]

What's with all those square patches on Dirty Gerty? Is that some sort of bullet hole repair or something? I never know what the heck I'm talking about...

and....Dirty Gertie is another case of the msn falling in a hole in Baughers lists her closest production line mates went to the Med theatre so I'd guess it's just touch ups from newer paint supplies over sun bleached dings and scrapes.

[gary1954]

Frickin' AWESOMEEEEE!!!!!

Please Sir may we please have more....more please

[B 25 C]

This made my day. Thanks for posting them. Yes more more.

[Mark Allen M]

TB-25-10-NA43-4897 probably at AMARC Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Ariz


B-25D-15-NC 41-30409 "Lady Jane" was used for anti-submarine patrol missions


North American TB-25N 110th MO ANG Lambert


North American VB-25


North American B-25D-NC 41-29710 Pacific Prowler


North American B-25C No 3250


B-25Ds of the 3rd Attack Group based in Australia in 1942

[The Inspector]

The early B-25 shown in bare metal with the rudder stripes is a really early (like somewhere in the first 64 or so) and may be the first one fitted with the fourth type and final configuration vertical fins and constant dihedral wings until Vance Breese crashed one @ Mines Field (LAX). The constant dihedral caused the airplane to 'wander' on mock bomb runs and flattening the outer panels diehedral to zero degrees to what was called the 'shot duck' look solved the issue.

[gary1954]

Actually the first Nine Production Models were the only ones with constant dyhedrial and classified as B-25. The 10th Production model birthed the B-25A

Mr. Mark, more please sir

[Ken]

Any chance those are NAA photos of the NA-62 which they produced to clean up the NA-40 design?

[pjpahs]

There is a photo of "heavily armed 14th Air Force B-25 with "105" howitzer in nose". I always thought that the largest gun on a B-25 was the 75 mm. Wikipedia also lists that same thing, 75mm. max. Could this be a single mod. or was it mis-captioned. If true it puts Barbie 3 in 2nd place.

[gary1954]

There is a photo of "heavily armed 14th Air Force B-25 with "105" howitzer in nose". I always thought that the largest gun on a B-25 was the 75 mm. Wikipedia also lists that same thing, 75mm. max. Could this be a single mod. or was it mis-captioned. If true it puts Barbie 3 in 2nd place.

I don't recall a 105 ever being installed in a B-25 the recoil would probably tear the ship apart. Pappy Gunn and Mr. Fox put 30 Cals in the light bays in the wings and NAA said...no please don't do that. 105 in this gun platform? I don't think so........Buler......Buler?

[The Inspector]

Done there, been that-See the last item in my post just under the last photo