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n by Robert Karr

Perhaps the most differences between the 40's era B-25s and the modern
restorations occur in the cockpit. This particular B-25 has the most
representative WWII instrument panel of any of the ones I have had contact
with- but modern avionics still make their appearance in the
upper-center-left. Also the war time bombers would have had unpadded fuselage
sidewalls painted interior green (or olive drab or zinc chromate- there's some
controversy here).

This is the left side of nose interior showing bombardier's control panel. The bright
object to the left of the picture is a hanging flak helmet.

Norden bomb sight.

Right side of nose interior showing fixed .50 cal machine gun.The one shown
here is a dummy but it's overall shape and size are correct.The object
running along the top of the photo is the bottom of the ammo box.

Looking forward from waist through crawl space over the bomb bay. The pipe in the roof just right of center is a hand hold.

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