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So just because it "looks" better means its the better aircraft?!?!
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So just because it "looks" better means its the better aircraft?!?!At least lookswise the B-26 edges out the B-25 by a mile. Its looks are that of a mean bastard, combining brutishness with yet a sleek appearance. An exciting plane. Of course I've read about its vices..
On the contrary the Mitchell looks like a boxy bore.
We can probably draw some assumptions by the fact that they passed it off to the Commonwealth so quickly.A question on the B-26 handling, do we know what the British/Commonwealth pilots thought of it and whether it was considered a handful?
We can probably draw some assumptions by the fact that they passed it off to the Commonwealth so quickly.
And the B-25 was qualified for carrier service –well, at least one way.
I assume you are talking about the Doolittle raid but the Navy later on did more experiments with the B-25 or known to the navy as the PBJ. As you can see by the pictures below from the book Squadron Signal B-25 in action book.
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I assume you are talking about the Doolittle raid but the Navy later on did more experiments with the B-25 or known to the navy as the PBJ. As you can see by the pictures below from the book Squadron Signal B-25 in action book.
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Passed it off? The Commonwealth had a purchasing commission and didn't pick up seconds just because they were there. If i recall there were many commonwealth B-25s as well, these don't seemed to be "passed off" either.
Outside of Britain, the only operators of the B-26 (aside from the U.S., of course) were France and South Africa.I assume he meant that aircraft purchased for the RAF were passed to the airforces of other Commonwealth nations, keeping the better ones for themselves.
Hi, The regularity of crashes by pilots training at MacDill Field-up to 15 in one 30-day period-is what led to the catchphrase, "One a day in Tampa Bay.The B-26 was also called: The Widowmaker". Other colorful nicknames included "Martin Murderer", "Flying Coffin", "B-Dash-Crash", "Flying Prostitute" (so-named because it was so fast and had "no visible means of support," referring to its small wings) and "Baltimore Whore" (a reference to the city where Martin was based).Changing a wing is a Big Deal. Period.
So just because it "looks" better means its the better aircraft?!?!While both aircraft performed well, the Martin B-26 disappeared pretty quickly after the war, that alone has to tell you something. The B-25 remained around for many years in secondary duties. Many people miss the fact that the "TB-25" was the standard USAF multi-engine trainer through out the 1950s, with the last one being retired in 1960.