This B-25 Mitchell from the 490th Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bombardment Group (CBI) sports a "six shooter" of .50 cals in the nose. This Squadron perfected a technique of hop-bombing bridges and earned the nickname "Burma Bridge Busters" from the commanding General of the 10th AF.
По рисунку камуфляжа скорее всего модификация PBJ-1H для ВМФ, аналогичная модификация для ВВС называлась B-25H. Перезаряжал пушку член экипажа вручную
October 1942. Experimental staff at the North American Aviation plant in Ingle-wood, Calif., observing wind tunnel tests on a model of the B-25 (“Billy Mitchell”) bomber. 4×5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
1) USAAF B-25 38th Bomb Group Green Dragons Nose Art at Port Moresby, New Guinea in 1943. 2) USAAF B-25 bomber of the 345th Bomb Group 499th Squadron Nose Art at New Guinea in 1943. 3) USAAF B-25 bomber of the 345th Bomb Group with Overshot nose art in the Dutch East Indies in 1943. 4) USAAF B-25 bomber with Miss-Behav'in nose art at Dutch East Indies New Guinea in 1943. 5) USAAF B-25 of the 345th BG 500th BS "Rough Raiders" at Nadzab New Guinea in 1943. 6) RAAF B-25 of RAAF No 18 (NEI) Squadron at Darwin, Australia in 1944.
1-2) 345th Bomb Group B-25 Attack Bombers in accidental crash. 3) 345th Bomb Group B-25 Attack Bomber "DIRTY DORA".