It's not the Enola Gay, is it?
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It's not the Enola Gay, is it?
It sort of looks like a b-25 mitchell
Bradbn4 - Having fun in Colorado
The helo is a USMC Cobra and the bomber is a B-25J.
You know I like my coffee sweet in the morning
and I'm crazy about my tea at night
Just finished a great book "Indestructible" about Paul Irvin 'Pappy' Gunn and the development of gun nosed A-20 Havoc's and B-25 Mitchell's in the Pacific early in WW2.
He was an ex Navy pilot from the 1930's and was part owner of PAL, Philippines Air Lines, which was flourishing until the Japanese invasion in 1942. The company had 2- twin engine Beech 18's and a Staggerwing, all painted the company color, Red! He ran many missions on the deck running away from Japanese aircraft while delivering fuel, parts or people while his family was starving in an internment camp in Manila.
Stripping .50 cal. MG's from wrecked P-39's, he started beefing up the A-20's with 6, 8 and ten guns in the nose! All field modified farmer stuff, with a lot of trail and error. He even 'procured' several B-25's that were sitting around in Sydney as part of the Lend Lease to Australia. Pretty much stole them.
It's a hell of a story, they ended up putting a 75 mm cannon in the nose of some B-25's. That, along with USAAF General George Kenney's support of low level bombing and strafing tactics (including one of his own designs, the para-frag bomb, which he submitted to the Govt in the 1930's but was shelved), the aircraft was devastating to Japanese naval vessels, severing supply and reinforcements.
He probably helped change the course of the War in the Pacific when the focus and manpower was in Europe.
Excellent read for anyone interested in that theater of war and what these guys faced.
Yup.Originally Posted by Hoser
The Cobra shot was taken at Centennial Airport. The B-25 "MAID in the SHADE" shot was taken at Rocky Mountain Metro.
I know Centennial, but what is Rocky Mountain Metro?
Do you potentially have copies of these available for sale?
It is also known as JeffCo. Along 36, just SE of Boulder.
You know I like my coffee sweet in the morning
and I'm crazy about my tea at night
Sorry, I do not.
This picture is from a photo album picked-up at an estate sale years ago. Great candid images of some obscure aircraft from the 1930's.
It is a Curtiss A-12 Shrike. I'll post a few more if anyone is interested.
That is very cool.
Please post more.
You know I like my coffee sweet in the morning
and I'm crazy about my tea at night
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