Engineers Doubted His B-25 — It Proved Them Wrong by Sinking 12 Ships in 3 Days
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Engineers Doubted His B-25 — It Proved Them Wrong by Sinking 12 Ships in 3 Days
Why did Captain Paul “Pappy” Gunn pack 14 machine guns into B-25 bombers during World War II — and sink 12 Japanese ships in just three days?
August 1942, Brisbane, Australia. Japanese convoys were reinforcing New Guinea while Allied bombers missed from high altitude. Gunn took a risk — removing the bombardier’s position and installing forward-firing .50-caliber machine guns. Engineers warned the aircraft would become unstable. Wright Field ordered the modified planes grounded.
They were wrong.
By March 3, 1943, during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Gunn’s low-level strafing tactic devastated Japanese shipping — eight transports and four destroyers destroyed. His “impossible” field modification spread across the Fifth Air Force and reshaped air combat in the Pacific.
What started as a mechanic’s gamble became one of the deadliest innovations of the war — and its influence still echoes in modern gunships today.
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