B-25j/h
I just noticed that in the Dutch OOB units # 91 and 95 are listed as B-25J's, but carry the 75mm cannon of the B-25H, which is what I suspect was meant.
I also wanted to point out the possible need for a B-25J Fighter bomber unit. The 800 built model J with the solid 8+4 MG nose was popular at least in the Far East with the 5th Air Force and I've read that even with the H model the cannon was often considered unwieldy and replaced by a pair of .50's.
There's a great book called The Flying Buccaneers that details the exploits of the 5th Air Force and also their field conversions of B-25C's and A-20B's into strafing machines by adding 4 .50s in the Bomb aimers position. They also added the first package guns to the nose of a B-25 and came up with the concept of Para Frags.
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