How To Land A B-25 In One Easy Lesson!

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:29 pm

I'm thinking 2 lessons would have been better :idea:

B-25D landing accident on Attu Nov 1943

steve dickey · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:45 pm

One wonders how much of that PSP is still up there on those islands?

noizeedave · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:35 pm

Hey Steve, you buy the gas and get the plane and Ill go look with you! Itll get me out of town for a few weeks.....okay well years i guess!

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:08 pm

Cool pic..didn't you have another shot of that same wreck from the opposite angle?

SN

noizeedave · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:12 pm

if that PSP is at SM aairport and its free let me know, ill coe grab it. im trying to cover the dirt area where we are parking the 47 with it! we have a bunch already, but it would be cool to finish covering the area with it!

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:40 am

steve dickey wrote:

One wonders how much of that PSP is still up there on those islands?

I'd venture to guess that every panel of that PSP is still up there in some form--at least the stuff that hasn't blown away in a williwaw!

gary1954 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:07 am

Steve Nelson wrote:

Cool pic..didn't you have another shot of that same wreck from the opposite angle?

SN

I believe Jack posted this one earlier

If not, I don't know where it came from.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:19 am

Quote:

Cool pic..didn't you have another shot of that same wreck from the opposite angle?

You maybe right about a shot of a different angle. I'll check for it tonight and put it up.

Ken · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:23 am

That looks like the nose cone sitting next to the cockpit ... except it doesn't look like any B-25D nose I've ever seen before. The soft point is almost like the radar noses seen in the 50's on a TB-25 but I don't see any greenhouse framing, painted over or not. What's the deal here?

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:31 am

It's a B-25G. basically a C/D airframe with a short H nose (but with two .50s instead of four.)

SN

gary1954 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:54 am

I thought it was a G model too when I forst saw the photo

Ken · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:56 am

That makes perfect sense - someone said "D" and I took it at face value. That said, the G & H upper clamshell was hinged upward to access the twin .50s, right? I'm sure it's my eyes, but I don't see that prominent seam whereas I do see a vertical seam. Is there more than meets the eye or is it really a vanilla G?

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:06 am

The other photo folks have talked about is of a glass nose. I can't see the pictures here at work so can't comment on that.

Holedigger · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:52 am

It looks like the solid nosed "G", they went through a number of experimental weapons configs there. Does this have the twin 50's and the 75mm buried in the mud? It does not have the raised "bubble" on the tail position, so that makes it an early "G"?

Can we identify the particular airfield and losses there. It appears to be a total wright off. Any higher res scan see any serials #'s?

gary1954 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:16 pm

It is a G Model, the top clam shell is lying on its left side right at the front end of the cockpit section. Also the hinges for the top half of the clam shell are present.

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