soc.history.war.world-war-ii

On Mar 2, 2:54 pm, "Geoffrey Sinclair"
wrote:
> "Bombardier" wrote in message
>
> news:ce7ebaeb-ec2c-49e6-b221-0557e6f2bfd5@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
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> > Were the B-25's too lightly armored to survive the flak fields over
> > Germany and therefor shipped out to the Med and pacific theatres and
> > replaced by the heavlity armored B-26?
>
> No. It was a range and logistics issue.

>From my reading it seems there were three reasons that the B-25 was
preferred over the B-26 in the Pacific:

1) Longer range.
2) Shorter takeoff distance, so it could operate from small airfields
cut out of the jungle or on atolls.
3) Lower maintenance requirements.