PBJ-1 Mitchell bomber “8-Ball” of Marine Squadron VMB-613 conducts a sector search over the Pacific, 1945. Note 75mm cannon mounted in the nose and radome on the starboard wingtip.

Caption     PBJ-1 Mitchell bomber “8-Ball” of Marine Squadron VMB-613 conducts a sector search over the Pacific, 1945. Note 75mm cannon mounted in the nose and radome on the starboard wingtip. ww2dbase
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1. gary1954 says:
19 Aug 2013 12:59:47 PM

PBJ-1H
BuNo 35264
call sign MB-8
Contract Number: N AER 10000 (B-25H-5) S/N 43-4687
Acceptance Date: 03/22/44
Delivery Date: 06/30/44
Transferred to VMB-613: 09/27/44
Stricken: 10/31/45
Name: 8-Ball
Remarks: Scrapped, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.

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