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Bookmark or Share- List of surviving North American B-25 Mitchells - WikipediaThe Vintage Flying Museum's B-25J, Pacific Prowler. There are more than one hundred surviving North American B-25 Mitchells scattered over the world, mainly in the United States. Most of them are on static display in museums, but about 45 are still airworthy. A significant number of these were brought together for Catch-22, a 1970 war film adapted from the book of the same name by Joseph Heller.
- The B-25 Mitchell Bomber and the Man Behind the PlaneA B-25 bomber swoops low over a fiercely burning Japanese fighter in New Guinea. As far as Gunn was concerned, it was a tragedy for the B-25s to sit idle until the Dutch could train crews for them when there were available American and Australian aircrews with a war to fight. Furthermore, once Davies and his men returned to their base at ...
- Doolittle's Raider: The North American B-25 MitchellThe B-25 was named after American General William “Billy” Mitchell who was an interwar proponent of aircraft and the development of US air-power. The plane first flew on August 19, 1940, and entered service in February 1941. While the B-25 was intended to bomb from medium altitude, because of its versatility, it ended playing a variety of ...
- B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber: ‘Big Gun’ of the MediterraneanThe B-25 Mitchell was one of the best and most versatile aircraft of World War II. Built in more than a dozen factory and field variants, the 20,000-pound twin-engine bomber earned a reputation for speed, ruggedness, and reliability. The Mitchell had something that the bigger, more glamorous Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress lacked.
- North American B-25 “Mitchell” Bomber - Military MachineThe B-25 came to fame during the Tokyo Raid of 1942, led by General Jimmy Doolittle. Capabilities. Several versions of the B-25 existed, most with a unique weapons system. The G model was the first major change to the B-25. It was equipped with a 75mm cannon and two fixed .50-cal. guns in the nose. The J model was the most produced version of ...
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