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The first B-25 Mitchell to ever land on an aircraft carrier, a PBJ-1H lands on the U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV-38) on Nov. 15, 1944. -- Photo by Wade Litzinger (copyright Randy Litzinger)

My Grandfather was on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Shangri-La in 1944 on the day they tested the three planes mentioned above. He has good photos of all three. He has a really good sharp one of the B-25 (a PBH-1H? or PBJ-1H?) actually landing for the first time. I will make a good scan of it...