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B-25D over the USS Meade DD-602

B-25H Ladd field 1944

Red AF B-25D at Ladd

B-25Ds at Amchitka

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Nice photos Jack. Thanks.
I just finished reading "The Last Flight of Bomber 31" about the air war in the Aleutians. Very interesting and challenging theater of ops. Thought the story covers a lot of PV-1 action, B-25 & B-24 action is given it's due.
Great book if someone wants a little history of a forgotten area of WWII.
Jerry

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poor guys...I can sympathise...Texarkana...this year



Jim Harley

Is there a chance any of the above are C-models?

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"Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves."

I wish they'd bring the NOVA episode based on "Bomber 31" out on dvd. It was pretty well done, even though far less detailed than the book, which is excellent indeed. And of course, that's our plane flying the reenactment shots (and one of our crew chiefs, Craig Heavener, playing the co-pilot).

The Aleutians campaign was just plain miserable for living conditions, and those poor guys were forgotten and ignored even while it was going on. Anything that helps tell their story and reminds people that there was a Pacific war apart from palm trees and coral, in my book, is a fine thing.

Thanks, Jack, for putting up these pics.

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I love pictures of airplanes in snow. Anyone got more..old or new?

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a very overlooked segment of the war, both on the ground & in the air. the bomber 31 book spoke volumes of what those guys endured.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Here are a couple from hanging the engine last winter.









And one from the Aleutians:




Note Fleet Air Wing Four stap in lower right corner.

PJ
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If you made that black and white, it would look like a WWII pic!!

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Chris Henry
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