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Offline lyric1

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Re: B-25H
« Reply #60 on: June 16, 2009, 08:53:56 PM »
Yes, while they began as field mods, they were put into production and aircraft rolled out of the factory as such.  Figure four or five aircraft were field modded versus the hundreds that were factory built.

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I think your numbers are a little off if you are talking about C/D/G's as the pictures in this link will prove. I will have to go back and look at a book I have I think it has numbers on field modifications on the H. Off to work now so I don't have the time. 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://500thbsq-b25s.com/photosnow/345th%2520b25s%2520mitchells%2520at%25204th%2520air%2520depot.jpg&imgrefurl=http://500thbsq-b25s.com/photosnow/townsville.html&usg=__jBQ-Z2v4Q5hY0lfGHk55_12lX-s=&h=517&w=800&sz=57&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=0s8XT4H5xkuDMM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmitchell%2Bb25%2Bmodification%2Bin%2Baustralia%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBR_enUS236US236%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20%26um%3D1

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Re: B-25H
« Reply #61 on: June 17, 2009, 01:47:04 PM »
The 75mm is already part of the weapons package and there is no need to select it in the hanger.  Just make sure the secondary weapon is set to the 75mm and press the secondary fire button to fire.


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Re: B-25H
« Reply #62 on: June 17, 2009, 08:00:15 PM »
I think your numbers are a little off if you are talking about C/D/G's as the pictures in this link will prove. I will have to go back and look at a book I have I think it has numbers on field modifications on the H. Off to work now so I don't have the time. 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://500thbsq-b25s.com/photosnow/345th%2520b25s%2520mitchells%2520at%25204th%2520air%2520depot.jpg&imgrefurl=http://500thbsq-b25s.com/photosnow/townsville.html&usg=__jBQ-Z2v4Q5hY0lfGHk55_12lX-s=&h=517&w=800&sz=57&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=0s8XT4H5xkuDMM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmitchell%2Bb25%2Bmodification%2Bin%2Baustralia%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBR_enUS236US236%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20%26um%3D1

Defiantly.  I'm just pulling numbers out of my .... you know.  But as you state, Pappy Gunn modified B-25s in the field and the modifications ended up being produced on the assembly line from the factory.  By your definition there would be no B-25 strafers at all. 

As for the "glass nosed" B-25C strafer, I believe it is more of a visual offering merely for skinning purposes.  B-25C's with strafer setups otherwise being the same.


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Re: B-25H
« Reply #63 on: June 17, 2009, 08:48:19 PM »
Defiantly.  I'm just pulling numbers out of my .... you know.  But as you state, Pappy Gunn modified B-25s in the field and the modifications ended up being produced on the assembly line from the factory.  By your definition there would be no B-25 strafers at all. 

As for the "glass nosed" B-25C strafer, I believe it is more of a visual offering merely for skinning purposes.  B-25C's with strafer setups otherwise being the same.


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Well no C/D straffers from the factory pretty sure of that & maybe even G's? H's some are factory no question a lot of pictures I have of them show no blisters pods at all & some of the very same plane with & with out them.
The J model I would say was almost 100% fitted with the blisters at the factory.