The DIY Gunship That Shattered Japan’s Convoys — Born From One Man’s Desperation

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In the heart of the Pacific War, one man’s desperation forged a weapon that shouldn’t have existed.
This is the untold story of Paul “Pappy” Gunn, the mechanic-turned-warrior who transformed the B-25 Mitchell into a low-flying DIY gunship — a monster built not in a factory, but inside a tin hangar under the blazing Australian sun. With no engineers, no orders, and nothing to lose, he welded fourteen .50-caliber guns into a bomber’s nose, creating the terrifying Strafer B-25 that shattered Japan’s convoys and rewrote the rules of air warfare.

Witness how this father’s fury became America’s deadliest invention — a field-born innovation that changed the course of the Pacific War. From the desperate raids over New Guinea to the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, these gunships turned Japan’s supply lifelines into burning graveyards.
This is not just about machines; it’s about the will of one man who refused to surrender — proof that desperation can invent victory.