With regard to the designation on the B-25, I understand that there was the
TB - trainer
VB - I believe VIP
RB - Recon
Now what the heck is a JB-25? is this a Training Hack
Always learning stuff and forgetting even more. Thanks in advance.
Aircraft Designations - B-25 type
Aircraft Designations - B-25 type
Gary
" Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much to so few." Sir Winston Churchill
" Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much to so few." Sir Winston Churchill
Re: Aircraft Designations - B-25 type
Don't forget these two:
F-10 ----- Photo Recon B-25
AT-24 ---- Twin engine trainer B-25 type
And there is the USN version: PBJ-1
Good Luck with your research.
TonyM
F-10 ----- Photo Recon B-25
AT-24 ---- Twin engine trainer B-25 type
And there is the USN version: PBJ-1
Good Luck with your research.
TonyM
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Anthony J. Mireles
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Anthony J. Mireles
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Re: Aircraft Designations - B-25 type
gary1954 wrote:With regard to the designation on the B-25,
Now what the heck is a JB-25? is this a Training Hack
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Perhaps the JB-25 designation (which I never heard of) is an inadvertent distortion of the USN B-25 desgination of PBJ-1 ?
Just a thought.
TonyM.
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Anthony J. Mireles
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Anthony J. Mireles
FATAL ARMY AIR FORCES AVIATION ACCIDENTS
IN THE UNITED STATES, 1941-1945
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Re: Aircraft Designations - B-25 type
To Gary1954:
RB-25 is not a "Recon" version.
The R is for "Restricted", such as in RB-26 or RP-38 or RP-322 or RP-40. The "R" designation for Recon came out much later than WWII, like RF-101C, RB-57 or RF-4C, which are Viet Nam era.
Dedicated "Recon" type ships during WWII seem to be "F" prefix, such as F-9, F-10, F-7 or F-6, etc.
Earlier on, there were designations of "Observation" types, such as O-47 or O-56. By the end of the war this designation had been phased out.
TonyM.
RB-25 is not a "Recon" version.
The R is for "Restricted", such as in RB-26 or RP-38 or RP-322 or RP-40. The "R" designation for Recon came out much later than WWII, like RF-101C, RB-57 or RF-4C, which are Viet Nam era.
Dedicated "Recon" type ships during WWII seem to be "F" prefix, such as F-9, F-10, F-7 or F-6, etc.
Earlier on, there were designations of "Observation" types, such as O-47 or O-56. By the end of the war this designation had been phased out.
TonyM.
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Anthony J. Mireles
FATAL ARMY AIR FORCES AVIATION ACCIDENTS
IN THE UNITED STATES, 1941-1945
http://www.warbirdcrash.com
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Anthony J. Mireles
FATAL ARMY AIR FORCES AVIATION ACCIDENTS
IN THE UNITED STATES, 1941-1945
http://www.warbirdcrash.com