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"How Pappy Gunn Turned B-25 Bombers Into 14-Gun Monsters That Shredded Japanese Convoys"

When U.S. Army Air Forces engineer Pappy Gunn looked at the standard B-25 Mitchell bomber, he didn’t see a medium bomber — he saw untapped potential. In the jungles of the Pacific, he tore out the bombardier’s station and stuffed the nose with .50 caliber machine guns — eight forward-firing in the nose, six more in the waist and top turret. The result? A flying gun platform that could annihilate Japanese ships, airfields, and transport columns at tree-top level. Each modified B-25 could unleash over 8,000 rounds per minute, strafing targets with terrifying precision. Japanese sailors called them “fire dragons” — ships that burned before they could even return fire. Pappy Gunn’s ingenuity transformed the B-25 from a bomber into a gunship legend, proving that battlefield innovation could rewrite the rules of air warfare. His field mods became standard issue, turning American bombers into the scourge of Japanese convoys across the Pacific.