Question for B-25 experts

Thanks, Mel -- didn't know that...so the B-25 "Dumbo" in "Catch-22" was legit after all!

The tail guns were not just on J's.  Some C's and D's had the tail gun position added at modification centers.  So it isn't just a "movie" mod!

Thanks, guys.  I've long had a DVD copy of the film, and Yossarian's "Dumbo" seems to be a B-25C/D model, with a "movie-mod" tail turret position.

A model true to the movie plane would be a B-25C/D with a B-25H/J tail (or the tail turret position) grafted onto it.

Drew, check this out:

B-25

This is an excerpt from that webpage:

For the film, mock upper turrets were installed. To represent different models several aircraft had the turrets installed behind the wings representing early (B-25C/D type) aircraft. Initially, the camera ships also had the mock turrets installed, but problems with buffeting required their removal.

Granted this is Wikipedia, take it for what it's worth.

Hope it helps.

It was a movie mod. If you want to model the movie plane you will need to copy the movie for it. Be aware that different scenes might show different aircraft or mock ups.