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In 1942, 18 (NEI) Squadron, a joint Dutch-Australian unit was established, in Canberra, equipped with B-25 Mitchell bombers. It saw action in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA), which included the Dutch East Indies. In 1943, 120 (NEI) Squadron was established.
Leatherneck Bombers: Marine Corps B-25/PBJ Mitchell Squadrons in World War II (2002) ISBN 0-764-31501-3 OCLC 50951647; PV Ventura and Harpoon Units of WWII (Osprey, 2002) ISBN 1-841-76383-7 OCLC 49784977; U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 (B-24) Squadrons in Great Britain (2003) ISBN 0-7643-1775-X; Galloping Ghosts of the Brazilian Coast (2004)
B25, B-25 or B.25 may refer to: B-25 Mitchell, an American aircraft which saw service during World War II; Blackburn B-25, a 1939 British Fleet Air Arm fighter aircraft; B-25, a guitar model in the Gibson B series; B25, a bus route on the Fulton Street Line (Brooklyn surface) Kota language (Gabon) (Guthrie code B.25)
During the Vietnam War, starting in 1965, SAC would deploy over two complete Bombardment Wings including Bombardment Squadrons, Air Refueling Squadrons, including the Maintenance & Support Squadrons and their personnel to Andersen AFB, Guam (B-52 Bomber and a few supporting tanker aircraft), Kadena AB, Okinawa, (B-52 Bomber & the Primary Tanker Aircraft Base) & Kung Kuan (Later renamed ...
North American B-25G Mitchell, misreported as 41-13240, [129] a serial belonging to a Curtiss P-40C, of the 472d Bomb Squadron, 334th Bomb Group, Greenville Army Air Base, South Carolina, piloted by Eugene E. Stocking, collides four miles NW of Spartanburg, South Carolina, with B-25G-5 42-65013, of the same units, flown by Solon E. Ellis.
The group was first activated as the 448th Bombardment Group on 1 May 1943 at Gowen Field, Idaho.Its original components were the 712th, [3] 713th, [4] 714th, [5] and 715th Bombardment Squadrons [6] [2] After completing initial training with Consolidated B-24 Liberators, it moved to Wendover Field, Utah for Phase 2 training, and to Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa for final training.
The group was organized on 1 June 1944 at Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona.Its operational components, the 402d, 411th and 430th Bombardment Squadrons, were all established squadrons that had briefly activated in other groups as Boeing B-29 Superfortress units, but had been inactivated when B-29 groups were reorganized to consist of only three squadrons.
The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 25 (VP-25) on 20 April 1944, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 25 (VPB-25) on 1 October 1944, redesignated Patrol Squadron 25 (VP-25) on 15 May 1946 and disestablished on 28 June 1946. It was the second squadron to be designated VP-25, the first VP-25 was redesignated VP-23 on 1 August 1941. [1]