Gordon S. Hoselton; organist @ St. Paul's (retired cartographer, "Army Map Service")

by Gordon Hoselton
(Brownville, NY)

Was there any use of the B-25J by the British Royal Navy during WWII (i.e., ASW, general surveillance, etc)? I know there was extensive use by the RAF, yet I haven't been able to find any use of this particular model by their nautical counterparts. Many thanks!
-Gord


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Gord,

Here is what I found at the Fleet Air Arm website: http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/mitchell.htm

"The Fleet Air Arm was supplied with B-25s under US lend-lease B-25s to the RAF. Four versions were supplied and three of them entered RAF service, of which 2 were used operationally by the RAF. Only one was assessed by the Fleet Air Arm and none saw operational service with the Royal Navy. This aircraft was FR370 which under went trials and w/t tests by Royal Navy test pilots at the A&AEE Boscombe Down on 12 December 1943."

I hope this answers your question.

Cheers