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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 ...
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 ...
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.
On 8–7 May, the 69th and 70th BS flew new B-26Bs to California for movement to Hawaii, while the 71st and 405th began receiving B-25 Mitchell bombers for training. The 71st moved to MacDill AAB where it exchanged its experienced B-26 crews for those of the 21st Bomb Group (a unit converting to B-26s), which were entirely newly graduated ...
Columbia Army Airfield's mission was changed become a training base for B-25 Mitchell medium bomber aircrews. In addition to the main facility, Columbia AAB had jurisdiction over several satellite and auxiliary airfields in support of the bomber training mission: Barnwell Army Airfield, Barnwell, South Carolina; Congaree Army Airfield, Eastover
The restored World War II B-25 Heavenly Body taking off from the deck of Ranger. On 21 April 1992, in conjunction with other Department of Defense World War II 50th-Anniversary Commemorative Events, two B-25 Mitchell bombers, B-25J Heavenly Body and B-25J In The Mood, were hoisted aboard USS Ranger.
The plant's B-25 Mitchell assembly line in 1944. Air Force Plants NC (NAA-K company ID, [1] Government Assembly Plant No. 2, [2] facility ID #2503) [3] was an aircraft production facility established during World War II adjacent to Fairfax Field near Kansas City.