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  1. CAC

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    What!? He said he was going to chuck..!
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    About 250 mph I bet.
     
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    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    Yeah he looks real concerned. Notice the elbow resting on the edge of the cockpit ? Or the nonchalant glace at the photographer ? But then again : He is a walking, talking, flying American. Que sera sera.
     
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    That pretty lady is a British Tornado...

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    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    Okay okay BUT he's a Gad-Durn Pilot.
     
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    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    Oh this can't be right,:

    Tornado GR1 fighter is put up for sale by a former RAF technician in order to raise funds to restore a Lightning warbird. He is asking for £20,000 to sell the aircraft.

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    Sold!
    I got a pay bonus last week...Would almost cover that.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    You must work in the defense industry.
     
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    Used to...But still government, still a good guess...
     
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    upload_2023-8-19_0-9-42.jpeg
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Maskirova?
     
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    Ova the wing…
     
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    U.S. Army Air Force, Desert Camouflage. North American B-25H-J Mitchell medium bomber over North Africa, 1943. It was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William “Billy” Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. Military Aviation.

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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Did that model carry the 75mm cannon?
     
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    I'd fly to Australia for a ride in that. Hint !!
     
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    According to wiki the H and the G did. But I don’t understand the H-J designation.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Probably started out as an "H" and was modified as a "J".

    From Wiki:

    The final, and most numerous, series of the Mitchell, the B-25J, looked less like earlier series apart from the well-glazed bombardier's nose of nearly identical appearance to the earliest B-25 subtypes.[17] Instead, the J followed the overall configuration of the H series from the cockpit aft. It had the forward dorsal turret and other armament and airframe advancements. All J models included four .50 in (12.7 mm) light-barrel Browning AN/M2 guns in a pair of "fuselage packages", conformal gun pods each flanking the lower cockpit, each pod containing two Browning M2s. By 1945, however, combat squadrons removed these. The J series restored the co-pilot's seat and dual flight controls. The factory-made kits available to the Air Depot system to create the strafer-nose B-25J-2. This configuration carried a total of 18 .50 in (12.7 mm) light-barrel AN/M2 Browning M2 machine guns: eight in the nose, four in the flank-mount conformal gun pod packages, two in the dorsal turret, one each in the pair of waist positions, and a pair in the tail – with 14 of the guns either aimed directly forward or aimed to fire directly forward for strafing missions. Some aircraft had eight 5-inch (130 mm) high-velocity aircraft rockets.[17] NAA introduced the J-2 into production in alternating blocks at the J-22. Total J series production was 4,318.
     
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    Thank you
     
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    Found this:

    NICK MOORE | Aviation Photos and Video on Reels | Elephant Music · Journey Of Discovery
     
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    Time slows down when you witness beautiful things.
     
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