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Blond Bomber

And one more. This time with a different crew or maybe the a/c was used as a background for crew photos.
Blonde Bomber was a B-25D-20 with s/n 41-30768 from the 22nd BG. in New Guinea:

Cheers!
P.S. Later I'll re-post the same photo in the "B-25 weapons"-thread because of an interesting detail.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

And one more. This time with a different crew or maybe the a/c was used as a background for crew photos.
Blonde Bomber was a B-25D-20 with s/n 41-30768 from the 22nd BG. in New Guinea:
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Cheers!
P.S. Later I'll re-post the same photo in the "B-25 weapons"-thread because of an interesting detail.

Yes i think i see that detail.

 

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Yes i think i see that detail.

Probably it's even more than you think!

 

[Snautzer01]

Probably it's even more than you think!

Owww . I like that. See you i a jiffy in the b-25 weapons thread. Off to get me some popcorn

 

[BlackSheep]

Years ago, going through the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive I found and saved the following photo:
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Ooops, wait a second, wrong thread, those are "Havocs"!
O.K., here's a note to the above photo from flickr by somebody who knows what he says:
Additional Information: 417 Bomb Group A-20 Havoc. Photo taken from the tail gun position of the group's B-25J - note the elevator and right rudder/trim tab vible in the lower left corner...
Oops again! B-25J in a A-20 bomber Group! Could this be true? Or was it the group hack? But this is a bombing raid!?!
And after some time I did find the "Mitchell" we are talking about:
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Note the colored corners of the tail fins - same as of the "Havocs" in the group. Note the A-20 coded I (letter, not roman numeral) in the background - compare with the first photo.
Cheers!

Now that is some excellent sleuth work! Personally, I love to do what you did and figure out the bigger picture of these classic images.
I'd read that, early on, A-20s and B-25s were mixed together due to shortages in B-25 strafers. As "cammerjeff" stated, they could have also needed a lead bombadier, especially for strafers with solid noses.
This part of the war, low-level attacks on land and sea by medium bombers has always fascinated me with the American ingenuity, individuality, and courageous pilots flying high-pucker factor missions, in some models without a co-pilot, throw in skip-bombing ships, para-fragging airfields, and call me fanboi .

 

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Owww . I like that. See you i a jiffy in the b-25 weapons thread. Off to get me some popcorn

Check it out.

 

[Snautzer01]

Front View 345th Bomb Group B-25 Attack Bomber w/ Dragon Nose Art

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Front View 345th Bomb Group B-25 Attack Bomber w/ Dragon Nose Art

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There is always a confusion in the air if we speak of the two most prominent B-25-groups in the Pacific: the 38-th and the 345-th.
Is this a Dragon, is it a Black Panther, which group, what squadron?
There were no Dragons in the 345-th. The "Green Dragons" are from 405-th BS./38-th BG.
Now, is this a dragon head on the photo? Are those eyes or nostrils near to the tip of the nose?
Please note that this is a modified strafer with 4 fixed guns in the nose and 2 blister-packs (one on each side of the nose).
Even if the styles vary the dragon heads I've seen are usually in such position that only the bottom 2 guns are in the open mouth. The eyes of the dragon are always on both sides of the nose:

On the other hand the Bats Outta Hell (499th BS./345th BG.) for example always have the 4 guns in the open mouth and the eyes near to the front:

Of course there were also other "monsters" with shark (or maybe crocodile?) mouths in the 345th BG.:

...and in the 38-th BG, as well:

So is it a DRAGON or is it a BAT or maybe it's something else?
P.S. Just a hint: check the tail fins as well.

 

[Wurger]

 

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Here is a Green Dragon from the 405th BS./38th BG. and it is different, more in the style of the original photo (post # 608):

And the final picture, proving the identity of the first a/c:

It's a 405th BS (38th BG.) Green Dragon indeed.
Case solved.
Cheers!

 

[DBII]

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There is always a confusion in the air if we speak of the two most prominent B-25-groups in the Pacific: the 38-th and the 345-th.
Is this a Dragon, is it a Black Panther, which group, what squadron?
There were no Dragons in the 345-th. The "Green Dragons" are from 405-th BS./38-th BG.
Now, is this a dragon head on the photo? Are those eyes or nostrils near to the tip of the nose?
Please note that this is a modified strafer with 4 fixed guns in the nose and 2 blister-packs (one on each side of the nose).
Even if the styles vary the dragon heads I've seen are usually in such position that only the bottom 2 guns are in the open mouth. The eyes of the dragon are always on both sides of the nose:
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On the other hand the Bats Outta Hell (499th BS./345th BG.) for example always have the 4 guns in the open mouth and the eyes near to the front:
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Of course there were also other "monsters" with shark (or maybe crocodile?) mouths in the 345th BG.:
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...and in the 38-th BG, as well:
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So is it a DRAGON or is it a BAT or maybe it's something else?
P.S. Just a hint: check the tail fins as well.

Love that wolf.

 

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Love that wolf.

It's the 71st Bomb. squadron/38th BG. - The Wolf Pack:

Cheers!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

1945 WWII US Navy Official USS SHANGRI-LA CV-38

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Blond Bomber
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LARGE Original Photo Plane Nose Art WWII Air Force Army GI BLONDE BOMBER NUDE | eBay

Found with WWII U.S. Army Air Force division. This is a LARGE 7 1/2" by 9 1/2" Original photo. I left it just the way I found it. Shows the 6 "Heroes" next to the plane. VERY CLEAR PHOTO showing nice details throughout!

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I found a photo of a different B-25 called "Millie" with the exact same nose art (or a copy of it) as of "Blonde Bomber". I don't have any further information about this a/c. It's obviously one of the mid-production planes (see single S-stacks exhausts) and probably a D-model. The nose armament is standard and differs from the armament of the modified "Blonde Bomber".

Cheers!

 

[Snautzer01]

And one more. This time with a different crew or maybe the a/c was used as a background for crew photos.
Blonde Bomber was a B-25D-20 with s/n 41-30768 from the 22nd BG. in New Guinea:
View attachment 696984
Cheers!
P.S. Later I'll re-post the same photo in the "B-25 weapons"-thread because of an interesting detail.

Blonde Bomber Nude ORIGINAL 1943 Photo Plane Nose Art WWII Air Force Army NR

B-25D-20 41-30768 Blond Bomber from the 22nd BG. in New Guinea

Pop Craweford , Bob Laurie , John Findfley Percy Donack Co. Naozab 1943

Blonde Bomber Nude ORIGINAL 1943 Photo Plane Nose Art WWII Air Force Army NR | eBay

ORIGINAL 1943 WWII PHOTO. This is a LARGE 7 1/2" by 9". I left it just the way I found it. Staples on corner and 3 small holes on top. Shows the 7 "Heroes" next to the plane. VERY CLEAR PHOTO showing nice details throughout!

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