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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:10:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:14:05 PM EDT
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I never watched Catch22, I probably should.
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:18:32 PM EDT
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My favorite bomber of WW-II.
I like the USMC PBJ's. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:20:41 PM EDT
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Awesome, from back when the USA leadership still cared about winning...........
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:21:08 PM EDT
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I never watched Catch22, I probably should. They gathered together something like 15 flying B25s and several non-flying examples for the filming. Odds are the ones you see now in airshows were used in the film. Movie is funnier than hell too, if you can stand Black Humor. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:22:08 PM EDT
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Still the only aircraft in the US inventory officially nicknamed after an individual, isn't it?
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:26:42 PM EDT
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I never watched Catch22, I probably should. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:26:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:28:01 PM EDT
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Make mine a Marauder, Havoc or Invader.
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:28:11 PM EDT
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This one is at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:30:45 PM EDT
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Neat!
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:34:52 PM EDT
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I never watched Catch22, I probably should. Same here. I've read the book, but didn't realize there was a MITO scene in the movie with that many birds. My personal favorite is the B-26, but nobody wrote books or made movies about them. 
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:35:47 PM EDT
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The B-25 has always been one of my favorites.
Especially those with the eight 50 cal in the nose or the 75mm gun. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:39:04 PM EDT
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Same here. I've read the book, but didn't realize there was a MITO scene in the movie with that many birds. My personal favorite is the B-26, but nobody wrote books or made movies about them.
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I never watched Catch22, I probably should. Same here. I've read the book, but didn't realize there was a MITO scene in the movie with that many birds. My personal favorite is the B-26, but nobody wrote books or made movies about them.
Yes. You don't hear much about the B-26 / A-26. I had an uncle who was a mechanic for them in Oklahoma / training school during the war. Sadly, he died of an repertory illness right here in the US during the war. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:39:06 PM EDT
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This one is at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ <a href="http://s818.photobucket.com/user/Mbradders/media/DSC01389_zps5dffafc1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz105/Mbradders/DSC01389_zps5dffafc1.jpg</a> I'll be damned, I have a picture of that exact spot with nothing on it in my photobucket. I think I was just photographing the scenery.. 
But, here's a contribution to the thread: 
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:40:46 PM EDT
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I personally like the G/H variants that were used on strafing and anti-shipping missions.
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:44:10 PM EDT
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I'll be damned, I have a picture of that exact spot with nothing on it in my photobucket. I think I was just photographing the scenery.. http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq331/AR45fan/null_zps0c5c2f09.jpg But, here's a contribution to the thread: http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq331/AR45fan/null_zpsc1e48485.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This one is at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ <a href="http://s818.photobucket.com/user/Mbradders/media/DSC01389_zps5dffafc1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz105/Mbradders/DSC01389_zps5dffafc1.jpg</a> I'll be damned, I have a picture of that exact spot with nothing on it in my photobucket. I think I was just photographing the scenery.. http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq331/AR45fan/null_zps0c5c2f09.jpg But, here's a contribution to the thread: http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq331/AR45fan/null_zpsc1e48485.jpg 
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:44:25 PM EDT
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I like these threads...........tagged
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:45:08 PM EDT
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Still the only aircraft in the US inventory officially nicknamed after an individual, isn't it? The Hercules also. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:45:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:45:50 PM EDT
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Same here. I've read the book, but didn't realize there was a MITO scene in the movie with that many birds. My personal favorite is the B-26, but nobody wrote books or made movies about them.
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I never watched Catch22, I probably should. Same here. I've read the book, but didn't realize there was a MITO scene in the movie with that many birds. My personal favorite is the B-26, but nobody wrote books or made movies about them.
Its okay bro, nobody does movies about the OH58D either. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:47:13 PM EDT
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The Hercules also. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Still the only aircraft in the US inventory officially nicknamed after an individual, isn't it? The Hercules also. Hercules was a mythical figure.  
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Posted: 12/27/2014 7:53:37 PM EDT
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Had some rare photos in my collection of the strafer B-25's.
We lost a few guys from my hometown that were B-25 strafer crew members. 
The gun sight used by the pilot to target the machine guns and cannon, as well as for skip bombing. This particular sight, the N-3B, had to be manually adjusted by the pilot as the plane approached the target to account for the decreasing range and effects of gravity. The War Department also experimented with a forward-looking radar gun sight, the AN/APG-13 "Falcon," that could remotely adjust the sight based on adjustments made by the radar operator sitting to the pilot's right. Used by the Navy/Marine Corps, and also by the 14th Air Force, the radar gun sight worked best against shipping targets without a "cluttered" background to confuse the operator. To the best of my knowledge, none of the 13th and 5th Air Force units in the South Pacific used the radar sight, whereas it was used by both the 341st BG of the Army Air Force and VMB-613 Squadron of the Marine Corps. An image of the AN/APG-13 Falcon radar used to guide the 75mm cannon to hit ship targets. 
Some gun camera footage from the B-25 strafers. Camera looking back, you can see the bombs skipping off the water and detonating the second time they come down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL0xpyWVMzQ Forward mounted gun cam, the vets told me they would go line abreast and just hold the trigger down to rake a patch of .50 cal to supress the ground fire and damage what they could while dropping parachute bombs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZttUNTy57E Becoming lost history sadly. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 8:05:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/27/2014 8:11:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/27/2014 8:20:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/27/2014 8:26:42 PM EDT
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Good stuff
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Posted: 12/27/2014 9:15:44 PM EDT
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My Favorite Twilight's Zone episode
King 9 will not return 
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Posted: 12/27/2014 9:33:13 PM EDT
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I get to see a B25 every time I fly. Opening scene at General Mitchell International Airport - Milwaukee
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Posted: 12/27/2014 9:34:59 PM EDT
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My Favorite Twilight's Zone episode King 9 will not return http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/off-topic-misc-/257700-movie-tz_king-nine_1.jpg http://basementrejects.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/twilight-zone-season-2-1-king-nine-will-not-return.jpg http://www.rodserling.com/images/pubKingNine01.jpg Is that the one where he (and his wife, IIRC) are stuck in a different time scheme. Everyone else is moving slowly, they figure out a way to save their daughter who would have been hit by a truck? Pre Stephen King Tommyknocker type script. nope, not the same one. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 9:38:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes. You don't hear much about the B-26 / A-26. I had an uncle who was a mechanic for them in Oklahoma / training school during the war. Sadly, he died of an repertory illness right here in the US during the war. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I never watched Catch22, I probably should. Same here. I've read the book, but didn't realize there was a MITO scene in the movie with that many birds. My personal favorite is the B-26, but nobody wrote books or made movies about them. Yes. You don't hear much about the B-26 / A-26. I had an uncle who was a mechanic for them in Oklahoma / training school during the war. Sadly, he died of an repertory illness right here in the US during the war. Not to hi-jack the thread but for you two here is a video talking about both the B-26 and Oklahoma training schools |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 9:42:34 PM EDT
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I remember seeing a video of B-25s with forward-firing howitzers attacking a Japanese atoll on Youtube, let me see if I can find it
They start taking off at 17:20 |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 9:44:11 PM EDT
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The planes of the Doolittle Raid!
Gorgeous machines! |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 9:46:05 PM EDT
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H model is best model
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:02:43 PM EDT
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Yes. You don't hear much about the B-26 / A-26. I had an uncle who was a mechanic for them in Oklahoma / training school during the war. Sadly, he died of an repertory illness right here in the US during the war. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I never watched Catch22, I probably should. Same here. I've read the book, but didn't realize there was a MITO scene in the movie with that many birds. My personal favorite is the B-26, but nobody wrote books or made movies about them.
Yes. You don't hear much about the B-26 / A-26. I had an uncle who was a mechanic for them in Oklahoma / training school during the war. Sadly, he died of an repertory illness right here in the US during the war. Oh, okay. 
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:11:54 PM EDT
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OP's video needs to be full screen to be fully appreciated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLMDIlxUa58 |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:16:04 PM EDT
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I got a ride in this one.
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:20:31 PM EDT
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Got into an argument with a guy about 4 months ago about this plane.. Swore up and down a B25 had four engines. I schooled his ass. B24 was what he was thinking after I showed him..
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:26:31 PM EDT
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Got into an argument with a guy about 4 months ago about this plane.. Swore up and down a B25 had four engines. I schooled his ass. B24 was what he was thinking after I showed him.. The B-24 gets no love on ARF. The B-25 was a good plane though, love the arty in the nose. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:30:50 PM EDT
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My first squadron in the AF was an old B-25 unit. We had the old log books in our conference room, crazy stuff.
490th Missile Squadron |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:31:14 PM EDT
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My great uncle was a top turret gunner on a B-25. Always liked those planes.
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:39:33 PM EDT
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My dad flew them in Special Air Missions USAF. He had to make a gear up landing in a B-25 but really liked the aircraft.
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:48:57 PM EDT
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I just watched a great old movie last night called 30 seconds over Tokyo (made in 1944) about the Doolittle raid. Lots of B25 action in that film. If you can find it check it out.
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:50:22 PM EDT
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Wife's grand father was a waist gunner, he is on the left in 1st pic
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Posted: 12/27/2014 10:51:04 PM EDT
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Ive sometimes wondered why they never went with a bofors in the nose...
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Posted: 12/27/2014 11:19:35 PM EDT
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I had a great uncle (I think that is the term, he was my mother's uncle), who was a mechanic/ground crew for the 489th bomb squadron during WW2. I am pretty sure that was the squadron, since I recall him saying the B-25 "Briefing Time, 9D" is painted the same as the ones from his war unit. He died in 1999.
He did tell me that he talked his way onto one of the bombers for a mission, and I think he said one was enough for him. He was wounded during an attack by german planes on one of their airfields, possibly in north africa. He said conditions in north africa were bad - no hot meals for a whole year, old tents. He was also at the airfield in sicily that was covered by ash and many of the B-25s were covered with and destroyed by hot volcanic ash during the eruption of Vesuvius in 1944. He always talked about one moment , it was either sicily or corsica, were he was on the airfield, and a new B-25 comes in. He looks at the pilot and it was a guy from his little hometown, here in western Pennsylvania. A town called Slickville - everyone gets a laugh out of the name. Maybe not such a big deal until you consider it was/is a tiny little coal mining town (no active mining today but still tiny), probably no mre than 300 residents at the time. I don't recall him having any personal photographs. |
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Posted: 12/27/2014 11:37:17 PM EDT
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When I was younger (13 yrs old) I got to climb in to a B-25 that Grand Forks AFB was restoring for a static display. I had liked the B-25 for years before that so it was so awesome to be able to climb and crawl through the whole plane as if was a jungle gym. So if any of you go to GFAFB, I was in that B-25 that is on display at the main gate.
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Posted: 12/27/2014 11:46:26 PM EDT
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Eisenhower's B-25 DECEMBER 2014 BY JOHN FREDRICKSON A Mitchell bomber was specially modified to serve as General Eisenhower's personal frontline transport. Eisenhower had an eclectic collection of aircraft at his disposal for a variety of uses, but only one was specially made for him. It was a heavily converted B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, built and modified by North American Aviation, the same company that produced the B-25s that attacked Japan in 1942 in the famous Doolittle Raid. Eisenhower's B-25—serial No. 43-4030—is poorly documented and deliberately so.   |
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Posted: 12/28/2014 12:01:10 AM EDT
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An acquaintance of mine flew one under this ..... goggle Gary Larkins ... A true American Ruler
Sadly no one was there to take a photo ... that I know of |
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Posted: 12/28/2014 12:09:03 AM EDT
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The angle of the wings always bugged me. Too droopy.
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Posted: 12/28/2014 12:17:03 AM EDT
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I never watched Catch22, I probably should. Read the book first. |
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