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Today in 1942! By April 17, the bombers had been prepared for their mission. Each plane carried four 500-pound bombs (three high-explosive and one incendiary), two .50-caliber machine guns in an upper turret, a .30-caliber machine gun in the nose, and extra fuel tanks. The B-25s were also fitted with two dummy wooden machine gun barrels, fashioned from broomsticks, mounted in the tail cone. The Army wanted to save weight - but hoped this would discourage enemy fighter attacks from that direction. Join us this Saturday April 19th for our Living Ship Day for a special talk by Veteran LCDR USN Richard Nowatzki. uss-hornet.org/calendar/liveship/
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:00:00 +0000

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