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The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. [2] Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theater of World War II , and after the war ended, many remained in service, operating ...
The B-25 medium bomber was one the most famous airplanes of World War II. It was the type used by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle for the famous Doolittle Raid over Japan on 18 April 1942. The first B-25 test aircraft flew on 19 August 1940, and the first production Mitchell was delivered to the 17th Bombardment Group in February 1941. A total of 9,816 ...
Tokyo Sleeper, an original 405th BS B-25C, at Durand Airfield B-25 engaged in "mast head" bombing in New Guinea. The two B-25 squadrons of the 38th BG picked up 37 new B-25C and B-25D aircraft [n 3] at McClellan Field, California, on 28 July 1942, flew them to Hamilton Field, and began movement to Hawaii in early August. These were the first B ...
B-25J 44-28932 Tondelayo B-25J Mitchell – 44-30069 at Museu Aerospacial in Campos dos Afonsos Air Force Base – Rio de Janeiro B-25H Barbie III taxiing at Centennial Airport, Colorado B-25J 45-8883 Grumpy of the Canadian Warplane Heritage B-25J 44-30832 Take-off Time B-25D 43-3634 Yankee Warrior B-25J 43-28222 at Hurlburt Field, Florida B-25J 44-86772 at the Hill Air Force Base Museum, Hill ...
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On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building in New York City while flying in thick fog. The crash killed fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven people in the building), and an estimated twenty-four others were injured.
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