Razz1 -> RE: New Units for PC (12/6/2015 7:52:24 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Razz The B-25B Had additional gun armament. The B-25 Mitchell was first use in combat was on December 24, 1941 when one sunk a Japanese submarine. A20-G Attack version Had a solid nose. Martin electrical powered dorsal turret. The 20mm cannon was unreliable and replaced by machine guns. First delivered in Feb 43. At this time I do not know combat service. I usually bump it one or two months for entry service in Panzer Corps. Aircraft of WWII, Stewart Wilson, 1998 The Studebaker was produce in 1941 I understand he was talking about Red Army (Lend-Lease) Accordingly, it is a little different dates 101 B-25s were delivered to the USSR through the Persian corridor in 1942 and 23 in 1943. For additional reading on the subject of delivery of lend-lease aircraft through the Persian Corridor, go to T. H. Vail Motter, The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia, chapter VII (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1952). According to this chapter, the first B-25s arrived at Basra on 12 March 1942. This volume is one of the Army “Green-book” series, the official history of the US Army’s participation in World War II. So add another month to get them operational. Most likely it was later than that.
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