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    B-25 'Pacific Prowler' Start-up.

    The B-25 is one of the noisiest. I rode in the Collings Foundation's Tondelayo last March. We had one of the former WWII pilots ride with us, and he had 68 missions in the Pacific. He was stone deaf, but that might be from old age. He and his grand-daughter sat in the pilots seats while we...
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    WWII Bomb Rack pics and question.

    I think it was a pretty common rack for all the Navy dive bombers during WWII, such as the Douglas SBD. Our AD-5 Skyraider has two, one on each stub wing, and that aircraft was supposed to replace the SBD, but the war ended before it got in service. I have seen from 100 pound to 2,000 pound...
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