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Old 10-24-2006, 07:50 PM   #1
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Well if you think you got the right stuff then imagine what this crew did.

On November 15, 1944 a PBJ-1H in US Marine Corps colors with strengthened airframe successfully took off and landed on the Essex class aircraft carrier Shangri-La (CV-3 with complete armament of fourteen 50 cal machine guns and one 75mm cannon plus a full bomb load. Launch was not as easy as the B-25's used in the bombing of Japan as a PBJ-1H is a lot heavier.

Any body have a side view of this with tail hook. Courious to see where it was mounted.

Source is the Flight Journal special issue WWII medium Bombers Fall 2006

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Old 10-25-2006, 09:09 AM   #2
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Nice pic there. We had a really interesting discussion about this stuff in another thread a while back.
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We sure did - I quote - "with strengthened airframe."
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"ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life"
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No I think he meant to duct tape it on there and put some super glue to hold it on.
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No I think he meant to duct tape it on there and put some super glue to hold it on.
Around here it's a little bailing wire, fix anything.

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