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While the PB4Y-2 is derived from the B-24, it was a new aircraft and looks pretty different. However, the early PB4Y-1 was essentially just a B-24D in Navy markings. Later PB4Y-1s had the Erco ball turret mounted in the nose, but were still virtually identical to USAAC B-24s. Pic 1 is an...

I have an uncle who flew two WWII combat tours in the Pacific in B-25s, then transitioned to the B-29. They were island hopping the B-29 squadron across the Pacific to their assigned combat base when Japan surrendered, so he never flew the B-29 "in anger", though they were used as transports...