B-25H in the Med.?
 

Hi all,
was the B-25H ever used in the MTO? The Baugher site says that ten of them were sent to the Med., but I couldn´t find their serials, let alone photos or further information. I´d also like to know if the J with the eight-gun-nose was used there.

Regards

Hein

Re: B-25H in the Med.?
 

Hein,

You may be interested to read this on armyairforces.com:

http://forum.armyairforces.com/Gun-P...O-m169223.aspx

It appears that 12th BG used some B-25H models in the MTO before moving out to India.

Regards,

Leendert

Re: B-25H in the Med.?
 

Leendert,

many thanks for the link. I had stumbled across this before, unfortunately it gives only valuable general information, not the more specific one I am looking for. Seems this remote corner of aviation history has vanished under the dust of times forever.

Regards

Hein

Re: B-25H in the Med.?
 

Hi,
having dug a bit deeper in the link also given by Leendert, I`ve found this http://57thbombwing.com/381stSquadronHistory.php,
where the history for March 44 provides a "H" serial 43-4321. So I`ll go next for the J with the eight-gun nose.

Regards,
Hein

Re: B-25H in the Med.?
 

some WW2 losses:

16390 420823 B-25 41-12853 12 81 Mediterranean
14578 430331 B-25 41-13205 321 Mediterranean
14579 430331 B-25 41-13209 321 Mediterranean
14575 430506 B-25 42-53456 340 25 km W Tunis Gun Installation
1602 431112 B-25 42-64661 321 Adriatic
2638 430122 B-25 41-13046 310 Bordj-Toun between Tebourba and Medjez-el-Bab Tunisia
1825 440108 B-25 42-32450 321 Metkovic Lastovo YU
71 420705 B-25 42-64657 321 95047 Gerbini (Sicily) IT

Re: B-25H in the Med.?
 

Hi FrankieS,

unfortunately your list contains only B-25Cs. May I ask from where you got this information?

Regards,
Hein

Re: B-25H in the Med.?
 

Hello Hein !

Yes, I didn´t respect your request for "H-type" B25s, sorry.

Regarding the source of my data:
I have (from this Forum and a lot of other internet sources)
collected data (still very, and forever?, incomplete) on
USAAF losses and put these into an Excel file, which I can send you
via private message.

bye, FrankieS

Re: B-25H in the Med.?
 

Hi,
the 381st squadron history for February 44 gives two further H serials: 42-4231 and 42-4223, the latter one lost in action on 8th February. These numbers are not B-25 serials, so I think in both cases FY42 is a typo for FY43.

Regards,
Hein

Re: B-25H in the Med.?
 

Photo of a Corsica-based B-25H, if only of its nose.

Re: B-25H in the Med.?
 

Courtesy Google
B-25 Mitchell Units of the MTO
B-25H-1 43-4183
B-25H-1 43-4208
B-25H-1 43-4381
B-25H-10 43-4909
B-25H-1 43-4357
B-25H-10 43-5104

Hasegawa 1/72 B-25H Mitchell :
B-25H, 43-4909, Eatin' Kitty, 82nd BS, 12th BG, USAAF, October 1943
B-25H, 43-4357, Leroy's Joy, 82nd BS, 12th BG, USAAF, November 1943
B-25H, 43-4381, Dog Daize, 82nd BS, 12th BG, USAAF, December 1943