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 Post subject: Singed Tail Feathers!!
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Great pic of the tail stinger, what type of gunsight was used?


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Assuming that happened in flight, how the heck did they get that back on the ground right side up???
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how the heck did they get that back on the ground right side up???

good pilotage :!: 8)

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The sight is the N-8A as listed in the -4 IPB. But the more interesting question I have is what is that antenna hanging down below the r/h horizonal stab????????

I lightend the area around the antenna and placed the arrow for easy identification.

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Is that B-25 bare alum. on the underside?

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Is that B-25 bare alum. on the underside?

Yes, many NMF B-25Js in the MTO had field applied green on the upper surfaces of the a/c.

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Not sure I'm ready to fire those guns..... :shock:

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But the more interesting question I have is what is that antenna hanging down below the r/h horizonal stab????????


Maybe a tail warning radar? Found this but no pics. It looks similar to the AN/APS-13 used on Mustangs.
The US built a series of tail-warning radars, most notably the "AN/APS-13" for fighters. This was a low-power pulse radar set, operating at 67 cm (450 MHz), that flashed a red light and rang a bell when an enemy aircraft was approaching from the rear. Similar sets, the "AN/APS-16" and "AN/APS-17", were built for bombers.

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