Need some aircraft ID help

U570 · 02-04-12, 08:18 PM

It could be an early variant of the B-25, they had smaller engines and different wingtips

Sailor Steve · 02-04-12, 10:08 PM

How big was it? High wings or low wings? Radial or in-line engines?

Something like this?

Or this?

tater · 02-04-12, 10:34 PM

Yeah, a PV-2 is a possibility, but overall OD (or green) is kinda odd.

CaptainHaplo · 02-05-12, 01:02 AM

The first prototype of the B25 was the NA40 - which had rounded wingtips:

The next was the NA-40B, or NA-42 (different sources disagree on it). No pictures I could find. It was lost in a crash. A further refinement was the NA-62, which was the final basis for the production model.

If the only distinctive difference between a "classic" B25 and your bird were the wingtips and engines, I would suspect that it was a B25 with "aftermarket" engines rated similiarly and with a slightly modified wing. Wouldn't be the first warbird who someone did a little "tinkering" on.

Personally, I always preferred the B-26 Marauder....

MH · 02-05-12, 02:46 AM

GoldenRivet · 02-05-12, 10:53 AM

@ Subnuts... MH has probably found your culprit.

tater · 02-05-12, 01:38 PM

Some PV-2s had the clipped wings as well. they are both Lockheeds, and very similar.

02-04-12, 08:18 PM	#1
U570 Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 867 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	It could be an early variant of the B-25, they had smaller engines and different wingtips __________________ "Submariners are a bunch of intelligent misfits that somehow seem to get along, understand each other and work well together"- Anon

02-04-12, 10:08 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	How big was it? High wings or low wings? Radial or in-line engines? Something like this? Or this? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-04-12, 10:34 PM	#3
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Yeah, a PV-2 is a possibility, but overall OD (or green) is kinda odd. __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

02-05-12, 01:02 AM	#4
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	The first prototype of the B25 was the NA40 - which had rounded wingtips: The next was the NA-40B, or NA-42 (different sources disagree on it). No pictures I could find. It was lost in a crash. A further refinement was the NA-62, which was the final basis for the production model. If the only distinctive difference between a "classic" B25 and your bird were the wingtips and engines, I would suspect that it was a B25 with "aftermarket" engines rated similiarly and with a slightly modified wing. Wouldn't be the first warbird who someone did a little "tinkering" on. Personally, I always preferred the B-26 Marauder.... __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

02-05-12, 10:53 AM	#6
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	@ Subnuts... MH has probably found your culprit. __________________

02-05-12, 02:46 AM	#5
MH Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,184 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0

02-05-12, 01:38 PM	#7
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Some PV-2s had the clipped wings as well. they are both Lockheeds, and very similar. __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine