B-25J Strafer by Buffalo1
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Description
This North American B-25J (44-31004) is located next to the USS Alabama at Mobile, Alabama. It is painted in the colors of the 499th Squadron "Bats Outta Hell" of the 345th Bomb Group "Air Apaches". The 345th operated out of New Guinea and the Philippine Islands from 1943-45 and sank over 250 Japanese ships while damaging many more and destroying over 350 enemy planes on the ground and in the air. It was armed with 12 forward firing .50 cal. machine guns and 6 more guns in dorsal, tail and waist positions. It could carry up to 3,000 lbs. of bombs.
Comments (16)
ronmolina
Excellent shot! As a kid in the 50's a built a model kit of the B-25 which became my favorite.
jocko500
wow it sounds like a bad to the bones plane. but I know it was the men that was train to do a job and they did it really good.
flavia49
marvellous image
Richardphotos
very sharp capture and beautiful restoration
texboy
A sweet machine! There were flocks of B-25s at Goodfellow AFB when I was a kid; only one left, on a pedestal by the main gate....
blinkings
Great find and paint job.
prutzworks
built a model too presume this one is airworthy yhanks for sharing & info
bmac62
Fine photo Roger. Just checked...over 50,000 employees at the North American Fairfax Bomber Plant in Kansas City built a total of 6,608 B-25s. Quite a production run.
giulband
good shot! If you like photos I have some of mine here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/107293413@N04/sets/
erlandpil
good shot erland
debbielove
Wow! Brilliant Rog, a stunning B-25.. Lovely shot and an interesting looking museum! Good one! Rob
Rob2753
That's a great shot !
Briney
Awesome to see a Mitchell strafer in such a great photo. Those missions must have been hair-raising.
junge1
Great capture Rog!
e-brink
An interesting shape this. Very compact for a bomber. Tough looking.
Cyve
Fantastic air plane !