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.
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster (43-50224) parked at the Douglas factory in Long Beach, California.
Some of the modified B-25s in the southern Pacific had 12-14 .50 Caliber guns installed in the nose by theater mechanics at first and then were followed the factory B25J models due the their success in literally blowing Japanese cargo ships and Destroyers out of the water by almost cutting them in two..
A lot of Harvards and Beech 18s in the background.
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"Initially ordered as an attack aircraft (XA-42) in the summer of 1943, this variant would have been armed with (16) 50-caliber machine guns"
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine.
Some of the modified B-25s in the southern Pacific had 12-14 .50 Caliber guns installed in the nose by theater mechanics at first and then were followed the factory B25J models due the their success in literally blowing Japanese cargo ships and Destroyers out of the water by almost cutting them in two..
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