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Love them 345th Mitchells!!! Inovative and clever bunch of folks, keep hanging .50's on it, cable wrapped para-frags, yep! awfully creative group.................. :D :D :D

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Saw a photo of one of these with a gash in the belly from the ships mast. WOW!
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Love them 345th Mitchells!!! Inovative and clever bunch of folks, keep hanging .50's on it, cable wrapped para-frags, yep! awfully creative group.................. :D :D :D


The 345th had an outstanding record overseas!!.. Here's some info I do believe needs to be said though.. The first Strafer conversions were done on the 3rd Attack Group 89th Sqdn A-20's in the mid/late summer of 42', by Pappy Gunn. Along with the 50 cal mod, the bombays were modified to carry parafrags. This combo was first used in late August of 42' by the 89th on a mission to Lae, with Don Hall leading the way. That success led to the start of the B-25 mods in Dec of 42'.. Either "PAPPY'S FOLLY" 41-12437, or "MARGARET", 41-29946, was the original test bed for the -25's. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea proved their worth....

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.
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Did ya'll notice the bomb in mid flight to the left (in the photo) has the B-25 is in a hard bank :!:

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