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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.
United States. United States Army Air Forces; see B-25 Mitchell units of the United States Army Air Forces. United States Navy received 706 aircraft, most of which were then transferred to the USMC. [citation needed] United States Marine Corps Uruguay. Uruguayan Air Force operated 15 aircraft. Venezuela. Venezuelan Air Force operated 24 aircraft.
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.
A brigade support battalion (BSB) is a combat service support battalion of the United States Army.A BSB is an organic part of a brigade combat team (BCT), providing self-sustainment to the BCT for up to 72 hours of high-intensity combat before requiring replenishment.
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.
The 345th started with 40 officers and 350 enlisted men, commanded by then Col. Jarred V. Crabb. Full strength, the 345th would contain 250 officers and 1250 enlisted men. At Columbia and other training bases, the group trained for overseas duty with North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers. 345th Bombardment Group B-25 Mitchell over Wakde ...
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In United States military communications systems, commercial refile refers to sending a military message via a commercial communications network. The message may come from a military network , such as a tape relay network, a point-to-point telegraph network, a radio-telegraph network, or the Defense Switched Network .