The largest aircraft in the Texas Flying Legends fleet is B25J Betty’s Dream. Carl Scholl of Aero Trader once said that this is one of the finest restored B25’s flying today. This late model B25J was made with extra fuel tanks and eight forward firing .50 caliber machine guns for use on low level strafing runs. With a wingspan of 67ft and two CurtissWright R260035 engines, Betty’s Dream could also carry up to 3,000 lbs of bombs. The plane is painted in honor of Captain Charles E. ‘Pop’ Rice, Jr. of the 345th BG Bats Outa Hell, assigned to Betty’s Dream in June 1945. Copiloted by Victor Tatelman, Betty’s Dream escorted two “Betty” Bombers carrying the Japanese peace envoy to Ie Shima on August 19th, 1945 and the return mission from the conference in Manila with General MacArthur’s staff. By the time these talks ended World War II, Betty’s Dream carried 22 mission symbols, including two silhouettes symbolizing sunken ships.
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