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B-25. 40-2168 Miss Hap – based at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, NY. This aircraft was the fourth off the North American production line in 1940 and was designated an RB-25 (the "R" indicating restricted from combat, not a reconnaissance aircraft) and was assigned to General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold in 1943 and 1944.
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.
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]
An aerial tanker combats the Airport Fire, a wildfire burning in the hills of Orange County, California, U.S., September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake As of Thursday, more than 23,000 acres were ...
Volunteers donate blood September 11, 2001, at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois at a blood donation station set up to help victims of the World Trade Center attack in New York City.
The Airport fire is burning near homes in south Orange County and has forced evacuations. Here are details on the fire. The fire. The blaze started about 1:30 p.m. Monday along the 32200 block of ...
One eyewitness reported that one of the plane's two engines caught fire prior to impact. [1] Part of the fuselage was found 500 yards from the crash, and numerous small brush fires sprang up because of burning fuel that the impact scattered over a wide area. Investigators attributed the crash to engine failure caused by stormy weather.
The tragic incident resulted in the deaths of 38 people who, due to the slow but inevitable descent of the aircraft, were made painfully aware of their destiny moments before the crash.