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B-25J-27 - MITCHELL
CFS3 - V2.85.09
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B-25J-27 - MITCHELL
This aircraft is based on the MS stock visual and was built by Dan DEEDS Walter using version 2.85.09 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process.
The plane was painted by Dan Swart to represent the B-25J "SUNDAY PUNCH" which was built as a B-25J-27-NC in 1945. The workers at the K-25 Plant, one of the top secret Manhattan Project facilities in Oak Ridge, TN, donated their Sunday overtime pay to buy a B-25J for the war effort. Christened "SUNDAY PUNCH", the aircraft was turned over to the USAAF at a dedication ceremony on March 18, 1945 at the airport in Knoxville, TN.
"ARTMAG" provided the custom AvHistory B-25 cockpit with our logo behind the copilots seat.
"SUNDAY PUNCH" served in the China-Burma-India Theater of war (CBI) with the 81st. Bomb Squadron (The "Battering Rams"), 12th Bomb Group (the "Earthquakers"), 10th Air Force, at an airfield in India and then latter in China.
The original crew of "SUNDAY PUNCH" is: Pilot Lt. Thomas Evans, Co-Pilot Lt. Paul DuQuette, Navigator Lt. Lee Fong, Radio/Gunner Staff Sgt. Harlan Mize, Engineer/Gunner Staff Sgt. Vern Rife, Jr., and Armorer/Gunner Staff Sgt. Fred Williams.
"SUNDAY PUNCH" took part in one of the longest B-25 missions of the war, flying 1600 miles to hit Ban Takli Airfield near Bankok, Thailand.
This aircraft was last seen on an airfield in China, where it was turned over to the Nationalist Chinese in 1945 after the war ended.
The B-25J (NA-108) was the final production version of the Mitchell. It was also the version of the Mitchell to be built in the largest numbers, a total of 4318 being built. It was manufactured exclusively at North American's Kansas City plant, the Inglewood plant having switched over to the manufacture of the P-51 Mustang fighter after the last B-25H had been delivered.
The B-25J returned to its primary function as medium bomber, and reverted to the transparent, bombardier-equipped nose of the earlier B-25C and D. The tail gun position with the deeper rear fuselage, the bay-window mounted waist guns, and the forward-mounted dorsal turret that had been introduced on the B-25H were all retained on the B-25J. The blister gun packs on the sides of the forward fuselage of the later versions of the B-25H were also retained. However, the copilot position (which had been omitted on the B-25H) was restored. The crew was now six--pilot, co-pilot, navigator/bombardier/gunner, turret gunner/engineer, radio operator/waist gunner, and tail gunner. The bomb racks and bomb bay doors were now all electrically-operated. A 50,000 BTU surface combustion heater was provided at the waist gun station. Provision was made to carry three 1000 pound bombs rather than just two. Alternatively, two 1600-pound armor-piercing bombs could be carried. Provisions were made for the carrying of six 325-pound depth charges on underwing racks.
The transparent nose with its bombardier could be replaced at the factory by a solid nose that was equipped with eight 0.50-inch machine guns. With this modification, the aircraft was designated as B-25J-11, -17, -22, -27, -32, or -37, depending on which production block the modification took place. With its maximum armament of eighteen guns, the solid-nosed B-25J was the most heavily-armed attack aircraft in the Allied arsenal. Sometimes, however, the package guns on the sides of the fuselage were deleted, the remaining fourteen guns being more than enough forward-directed firepower.​