U.S. Marine Corps bombing squadron VMB-611

[gary1954]

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

This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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[jdvoss]

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]

P-61 perhaps?

[F3V]

what is the aircraft parked directly behind?

An other PBJ-1D?

maybe...

[hahnej]

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]

I don't see the props...

[Holedigger]

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]

The cowling looks like B-26 to me.

[Jerry O'Neill]

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]

A Marauder could take of from an Aircraft Carrier??

[Holedigger]

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.