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Well I'll be damned! Thank you! Do we know if it flew? (So greedy for info.)
From different B-25 sources (describing the B-18 with the 75mm cannon as a predecessor of B-25G), I found that the first program, starting in 1938 included ground tests with a "junked B-18" only. Later a flyable B-18 has been obtained for flying tests. There was a demonstration at Elgin Field in 1940 for commercial firms as well. Which frame we see on this and the earlier photos is unclear.
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Flights ops during the shakedown cruise of the light cruiser USS Portsmouth. July 1945. A Curtis Seahawk is taxing along
side being setup for recovery. Note the platform that is attached to the catapult for the landing officer to stand on. And
the wave smoothening sled being deployed.

 

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