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Offline Guppy35

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Re: B-25C
« Reply #15 on: December 25, 2014, 09:40:04 PM »
Since you got me thinking about your comment Saxman, I dug out my 2 Group RAF history.  They flew the 25s in the ETO.  The majority of their B-25s were Mitchell IIs which were C/D models like  the glass nose version AH has.  They did not have tail guns.  They got their first Mitchell IIIs into action in November 44.  The comments were that it was not as popular with crews as it was heavier and not as responsive on the controls as the earlier version.

They had a number of Mitchell IIs with close to or more than 100 missions, flying as 1944-45 level bombers.  I guess escorts must have been the key
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Re: B-25C
« Reply #16 on: December 26, 2014, 06:55:37 AM »
When did the J models hit the PTO?  Around the same time as it did in the MTO?

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Re: B-25C
« Reply #17 on: December 26, 2014, 11:18:31 AM »
When did the J models hit the PTO?  Around the same time as it did in the MTO?



It looks like they hit the combat squadrons in October-November 44.  Those were glass nosed versions.  So it was late in the game.  The J is the one folks see at air shows so I think that makes it the recognizable version, even though it was the earlier models that saw the brunt of the combat time.
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Re: B-25C
« Reply #18 on: December 26, 2014, 11:27:15 AM »
At least the top turret is somewhat more useful than the top turret on the Boston III. You can fly on the deck and then actually shoot to the rear & up, thanks to the twin tail configuration.
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