B-25H and HVARs

[5PointOh]

In a previous thread about the B-25J Ack Ack mentioned B-25H's carrying HVARs.  After doing a little research, I found some AARs from Marine units using HVARs in the Pacific. So that's my wish, that the B-25H's have the proper 8 HVARs wing armament option.

On multiple photos you can see the rails.





Could be a PBJ-H or might be a J model


Some PBJ-C/D




External Bomb Racks on a C/D


Diagram for bomb racks

[800nate800]

Enable them on carrier a PBJ-1H of VMB-613 did flights off the  USS Shangri - La  in 1945! 

[Zacherof]

Enable them on carrier a PBJ-1H of VMB-613 did flights off the  USS Shangri - La  in 1945! 

 

[gyrene81]

Enable them on carrier a PBJ-1H of VMB-613 did flights off the  USS Shangri - La  in 1945!  

if only the cv's in ah had flight decks as big as the Shangri-la...

by the way, according to the vmb-613 member's site...

http://www.vmb613.com/news/sep_2005.htm

Robert Yanacek did some more research on PBJs and found reference to the fact that during WWII the Navy experimented with launching and recovering a PBJ1H from the deck of a carrier.  The Navy did one launch and 2 landings with a PBJ with an arresting hook aboard the USS Shangri-La.  Although this was successful the Navy scrapped the idea.

so no on enabling carrier ops...

[Zacherof]

 
how do you do 2 launchs but one landing???

[gyrene81]

that's 1 launch and 2 landings...not sure how they did that. maybe it just means 2 landings using the arrestor hook to assist with landing.

[5PointOh]

No carrier ops, just want the HVARs for the H.

[tmetal]

that's 1 launch and 2 landings...not sure how they did that. maybe it just means 2 landings using the arrestor hook to assist with landing.

my guess would be: test plane flown from land base to CV and lands using arrestor hook (landing 1), test plane launched as a proof of concept test (1 launch), test plane lands using arrestor hook after test launch and flight (2 landing), test plane off loaded via crane at dock rather than attempting 2nd launch.  Just a guess though.

and +1 for the HVARs on the B25H