And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
B-25C Mitchell “Poopsie” with her crew in North Africa.
another sparkling gem in North American Aviation's crown. A little slow but a reliable and versatile perform as a bomber and attack aircraft with USAAF, USN and USMC. Long serving too and in nations too numerous to mention.
sent the page to a friend with some time in C-47's, B-17's, his take in reply:
"That’s a whole lot of missions. B-25’s flew more missions generally than the B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers did. I’ve heard the B-25 described as an unequalled means of transforming Avgas into noise, though I’m told that the PBY Catalinas with the twin radials right outside the cockpit could be equally noisy inside."
My Dad was stationed at a few different air fields in the Pacific during WWII. He had some pics (of which I own now) of some very NSFW nose art. One was called "Nifty Fifties"! I'll let you guess what the nifty fifties were.... they were not machine guns.
Lots of missions on that warbird.
ReplyDeleteI loves me some nose art
ReplyDeleteGiven the posture, I wonder if the art started as something else...
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ReplyDeleteIs that Wally Cleaver kneeling on the right?
Deletei hadn't the nerve...
Deleteanother sparkling gem in North American Aviation's crown. A little slow but a reliable and versatile perform as a bomber and attack aircraft with USAAF, USN and USMC. Long serving too and in nations too numerous to mention.
ReplyDeleteWorkhorse, for sure.
DeleteThe B-25 was the first spooky gunship. Started with unauthorized field mods.
DeleteTook me 35 years of living to discover shirt cuffs have to be turned back like that *before* you put the shirt on.
ReplyDeleteAnd then some silly ass went and invented short sleeved shirts.
Deletesent the page to a friend with some time in C-47's, B-17's, his take in reply:
ReplyDelete"That’s a whole lot of missions. B-25’s flew more missions generally than the B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers did. I’ve heard the B-25 described as an unequalled means of transforming Avgas into noise, though I’m told that the PBY Catalinas with the twin radials right outside the cockpit could be equally noisy inside."
April 1942 the Japanese in Tokyo saw them too.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad was stationed at a few different air fields in the Pacific during WWII.
ReplyDeleteHe had some pics (of which I own now) of some very NSFW nose art. One was called "Nifty Fifties"! I'll let you guess what the nifty fifties were.... they were not machine guns.