Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules
I believe the ailerons were fabric covered, and therefore the paint had to be compatible with the fabric and dope process. It was common for even high speed aircraft to use fabric covered ailerons, rudders, and elevators. Meanwhile, the contemporary Ercoupe had all metal ailerons, elevator and rudder, but with fabric covered metal structure wings..Interesting, lemon-yellow
Thank you! This will be very helpful for my upcoming B-25B build!I pulled this from the Preliminary Handbook of Overhaul instructions for B-25, B-25A and B-25B Bombardment Airplanes showing colors of plane.
Your welcomeThank you! This will be very helpful for my upcoming B-25B build!
Because if they were painted blue that would mean they were dummies.One thing that strikes me was the bombs where painted yellow. Any one know the reason why.
Blue was for training but I thought they would be painted more like this one, Source, General data on Navy, An-Standard, Army and British bombs. published 21 Sept, 1944Because if they were painted blue that would mean they were dummies.
I always wondered when watching the original photos from "Hornet"(there is a documentary as well) showing Doolittle and Mitscher attaching Japanese medals to a bomb for "return delivery". In all photos the bomb appears very light in colour. It's the same colour as the cart:LOL never mind, went back to an older document and found this. Guessing old surplus or never repainted as Doolittle raid was 18 April, 1942.
View attachment 668725
I always wondered when watching the original photos from "Hornet"(I believe there is a documentary as well) showing Doolittle and Mitscher attaching Japanese medals to a bomb for "return delivery". In all photos the bomb appears very light in colour. It's the same colour as the cart:
View attachment 668753
It's obviously a 500-pounder, but I can't decipher what's written on it.
BTW the bombs in Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (Hawaii) are yellow too:
Many thanks thought I think I have that document around here some where. Hopefully some one else needs itRAAF report on B-25 Gunnery Equipment from Aus Archives
So I took this couple of days ago as well, my second visit to Dayton Ohio of B-25D s/n 43-3374 which was used for Jimmy Doolittle display even though they flew B-25B's.
Thanks in advance.
Paul
Yup. Special shoutout to Midway (2019), a movie that managed to again use B-25Js to portray the Doolittle Raid planes, despite them all being CG, and even at one point combined the 1942 "meatball" roundel with the 1944-45 blue stars and barsLack of B-25Bs.
At least they used one with the aft dorsal turret... I've seen lots of footage supposedly representing Doolittle's aircraft that used -H & later birds... with the forward dorsal turret.