WWII B25 Mitchell Bomber America's answer to the Attack on Pearl Harbor

The North American B25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B25 served in every theater of World War II, and after the war ended, many remained in service, operating across four decades. Produced in numerous variants, nearly 10,000 B25s were built. These included several limited models such as the F10 reconnaissance aircraft, the AT24 crew trainers, and the United States Marine Corps' PBJ1 patrol bomber.

The majority of B25s in American service were used in the war against Japan in Asia and the Pacific. The Mitchell fought from the Northern Pacific to the South Pacific and the Far East. These areas included the campaigns in the Aleutian Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, New Britain, China, Burma and the island hopping campaign in the Central Pacific. The aircraft's potential as a groundattack aircraft emerged during the Pacific war. The jungle environment reduced the usefulness of mediumlevel bombing, and made lowlevel attack the best tactic. Using similar mast height level tactics and skip bombing, the B25 proved itself to be a capable antishipping weapon and sank many enemy sea vessels of various types. An everincreasing number of forward firing guns made the B25 a formidable strafing aircraft for island warfare. The strafer versions were the B25C1/D1, the B25J1 and with the NAA strafer nose, the J2 subseries.
In Burma, the B25 was often used to attack Japanese communication links, especially bridges in central Burma. It also helped supply the besieged troops at Imphal in 1944. The China Air Task Force, the Chinese American Composite Wing, the First Air Commando Group, the 341st Bomb Group, and eventually, the relocated 12th Bomb Group, all operated the B25 in the China Burma India Theater. Many of these missions involved battlefield isolation, interdiction, and close air support.
Later in the war, as the USAAF acquired bases in other parts of the Pacific, the Mitchell could strike targets in Indochina, Formosa, and Kyushu, increasing the usefulness of the B25. It was also used in some of the shortest raids of the Pacific War, striking from Saipan against Guamand Tinian. The 41st Bomb Group used it against Japaneseoccupied islands that had been bypassed by the main campaign, such as happened in the Marshall Islands

Engine:
Two Wright R260035

Horsepower:
1700HP on take

Weight:
21,000 Empty 34,400 Lbs.

Dimensions:
Wingspan 67’7”
Length: 53’6”
Height: 16’4”

Armament:
Guns: 1218 x .50 Caliber Machine Guns
Bombs: 2,000 lb ventral shackles to hold
one external Mark 13 torpedo
8 x 5 in. high velocity rockets
3,000 lbs of bombs

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