U.S. Marine Corps bombing squadron VMB-611

gary1954 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:51 pm

Looks Like the Tokyo Raiders weren't the only group of B25s on a carrier

A North American PBJ-1D Mitchell bomber of U.S. Marine Corps bombing squadron VMB-611 spotted on the deck of the escort carrier USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) during transport of the squadron's flight echelon to its operating area in the Pacific, August 1944.

Photo - U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. S2005208001009

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jdvoss · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:00 am

Nice crisp photo the PBJ! However, what is the aircraft parked directly behind? Given that it has a four-bladed prop I would surmise that it is a Martin JM Marauder.

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:11 am

P-61 perhaps?

F3V · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:56 am

jdvoss wrote:

what is the aircraft parked directly behind?

An other PBJ-1D?

maybe...

hahnej · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:36 am

What are the pods just outboard of the nacelles, inboard of the rocket mounts?

The aircraft in the background, my guess is a P-61.

F3V · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:47 am

I don't see the props... :oops:

Holedigger · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:57 am

looks like bomb racks on the port wing and rocket mounts on starboard. I'm thinking Marauder in the back, the prop spinner looks too small to be a P-61.

Nathan · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:17 am

The cowling looks like B-26 to me.

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:48 am

You're all wrong on the second aircraft.
If it was a Marauder, which I think it is, it's not a B-26.
It would be a JM-1.

Jerry

F3V · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:50 am

A Marauder could take of from an Aircraft Carrier?? :shock:

Holedigger · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:56 am

Just delivering, hauled aboard by crane and delivered by crane to barge or dock. The reason the B-25 was picked over the B-26 for the Tokyo strike was that it had superior short take off capability. The B-26 wanted a longer runway.

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