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This series is dedicated to the gallant service performed by the brave airmen of World War 2 who risked all so that we may enjoy our American way of life. The phrase “Big Brother, Little Brother” refers to the way the heavy bomber and fighter escort aircraft pilots called each other on the radio chatter.
On a personal note, my father “John” served as a flight engineer on a B-25 Mitchell out of Italy in 1944 and 1945. He made it back alive, as did my father-in-law “Danny” who served as a belly gunner on a B-24 Liberator out of Libya. “Danny” was one of the few airmen who flew in both Ploesti oil field raids to Romania (June 1942 and August 1943) and did so without so much as a scratch. He flew his 25 missions and returned to the US as a gunnery instructor (Lead, Dammit, Lead!).
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B-25 Mitchell
The B-25 was a very versatile medium bomber that was used on all fronts during World War II. An example of its versatility can be seen in its use by Jimmy Doolittle, who led a raiding group of B-25s off of the deck of the carrier Hornet to bomb the Japanese home islands in April 1942. Armament continually changed during the evolution of the B-25, from the B model with a glass nose and a single fifty caliber machine gun, to the G model that carried a 75mm cannon in the nose, to the later version of the J model that had a solid nose with eight .50 calibers, fuselage blisters with four more forward-firing .50s, and six more .50s in other fuselage positions. The USAAF was not the only service to use the B-25. Over 700 Mitchell’s were delivered to the U.S. Navy and Marines, under the designation PBJ. Many Allied nations also used the B-25, some continuing in use until the 1960's.
The majority of B-25s in American service were used in the Pacific. It fought on Papua New Guinea, in Burma and in the island hopping campaign in the central Pacific. It was in the Pacific that the aircraft’s potential as a ground attack aircraft was discovered and developed. The jungle environment reduced the usefulness of standard level bombing, and made low level attack the best tactic. The ever-increasing amount of forward firing guns was a response to this, making the B-25 a formidable strafing aircraft.
In Burma the B-25 was often used to attack Japanese communication links, especially bridges in central Burma. It was also used to help supply the besieged troops at Imphal in 1944.
In the Pacific the B-25 proved itself to be a very capable anti-shipping weapon, sinking many of the ships being used to reinforce the Japanese position. Later in the Pacific war the distance between islands limited the usefulness of the B-25, although it was used against Guam and Tinian. It was also used against Japanese-occupied islands that had been bypassed by the main campaign, as happened in the Marshal Islands.
The B-25 was a safe and forgiving aircraft to fly. With an engine out, 60° banking turns into the dead engine were possible, and control could be easily maintained down to 145 mph . The tricycle landing gear made for excellent visibility while taxiing. The only significant complaint about the B-25 was the extremely high noise level produced by its engines; as a result, many pilots eventually suffered from various degrees of hearing loss. The high noise level was due to design and space restrictions in the engine cowlings which resulted in the exhaust "stacks" protruding directly from the cowling ring and partly covered by a small triangular fairing.
The Mitchell was also an amazingly sturdy aircraft and could withstand tremendous punishment. One well-known B-25C of the 321st Bomb Group was nicknamed "Patches" because its crew chief painted all the aircraft's flak hole patches with high-visibility zinc chromate paint. By the end of the war, this aircraft had completed over 300 missions, was belly-landed six times and sported over 400 patched holes. The airframe was so bent, straight-and-level flight required 8° of left aileron trim and 6° of right rudder, causing the aircraft to "crab" sideways across the sky.
North American B-25J Mitchell
General characteristics-
Crew: six (one pilot, one co-pilot, navigator/bombardier, turret gunner/engineer, radio operator/waist gunner, tail gunner)
Length: 52 ft 11 in
Wingspan: 67 ft 7 in
Height: 16 ft 4 in
Wing area: 610 sq ft
Empty weight: 19,480 lb
Max. takeoff weight: 35,000 lb
Powerplant: 2 × Wright R-2600-92 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 1,700 hp each
Performance-
Maximum speed: 272 mph at 13,000 ft
Cruise speed: 230 mph
Range: 1,350 mi
Service ceiling: 24,200 ft
Armament-
Guns: 12–18 × .50 in machine guns
Hardpoints: 2,000 lb ventral shackles to hold one external Mark 13 torpedo
Rockets: racks for eight 5 in high velocity aircraft rockets (HVAR)
Bombs: 3,000 lb bombs
Survivors
Airworthy-
B-25 Mitchell, s/n 40-2168, owned by TBF Inc. in Dover, DE.
B-25C Mitchell, s/n 41-13251, owned by Milestones of Flight Museum Inc. in Lancaster, CA.
B-25D Mitchell, s/n 43-3318”Grumpy”, owned by the Historic Flight Foundation in Mukilteo, WA.
B-25D Mitchell, s/n 43-3634 “Yankee Warrior”, owned by Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti,MI
B-25H Mitchell, s/n 43-4106 “Barbie III” owned by History Flight Inc. in Wilmington, DE.
B-25H Mitchell, s/n 43-4432, owned by Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, WI.
B-25H Mitchell, s/n 43-4899, owned by Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo, MI.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 43-27868, owned by Commemorative Air Force in San Marcos, Texas.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 43-28059 “Apache Princess”, owned by Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, FL.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 43-28204, owned by B-25 Mitchell LCC in Missoula, Montana.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 43-35972, owned by Commemorative Air Force in Mesa, AZ.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-28866, owned by Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, OH.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-28925, owned by Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, TX.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-28932 “Tondelayo”, owned by Collings Foundation in Stow, MA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-28938, owned by J L Ward Aviation Co. Inc. in Coulterville, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29127, owned by Colvin Aircraft Inc. in Big Cabin, Oklahoma.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29199, owned by Robert Lumbard in Wellington, NV
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29465, owned by Martin Aviation Inc. in Newport Beach, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29869, owned by Commemorative Air Force in South St. Paul, MN.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29887, owned by National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29939, owned by Mid Atlantic Air Museum Inc. in Reading, PA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29943, owned by Southwest Aviation Inc. in Fairacres, NM.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30077 “The Ruptured Duck”, owned by Tom Reilly DBA in Orlando, FL.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30129, owned by Training Services Inc. in Virginia Beach, VA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30210, owned by Military Aircraft Restoration Corp. in Anaheim, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30254 “Buster”, owned by Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, WA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30324, owned by Ken McBride in San Martin, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30423, owned by Planes of Fame in Chino, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30456, owned by Lewis Fighter Fleet LCC in San Antonio, TX.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30606, owned by Ted R. Melsheimer in Carson City, NV.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30734 “Panchito”, owned by Rag Wings & Radials Aircraft Leasing LLC in Wilmington, DE.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30748 “Heavenly Body”, owned by Mitchell Productions LCC in San Fernando, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30756, owned by Southwest Aircraft Inc. in Fairacres, NM.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30761, owned by Carl Scholl in Borrego Springs, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30801 “Executive Sweet”, owned by American Aeronautical Foundation in Thousand Oaks, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30823 “Pacific Prowler”, owned by Pacific Prowler LLC in Cleburne, TX.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30832 “Take-Off Time”, owned by Claire Aviation Inc. in Wilmington, DE.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30988, owned by Commemorative Air Force in Camarillo, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-31385, owned by Commemorative Air Force in St. Charles, MO.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-31508, owned by Rio Grande Aviation Inc. in Fredericksburg, TX.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86698, owned by Mitchell Mania LLC in Windsor, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86715, owned by William R. Klaers in Colorado Springs, CO.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86734, owned by Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, TX.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86747, owned by Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86758, owned by Commemorative Air Force in Georgetown, TX.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86777” Martha Jean”, owned by Liberty Aviation Museum in Shaker Heights, OH.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86785, owned by Wiley Sanders Truck Lines Inc. in Troy, AL.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86791, owned by Yanks Air Museum in Chino, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86797, owned by Hans Lauridsen in Carefree, AZ.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 45-8835, owned by Betty's Dream LCC in Dover, DE.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 45-8884, owned by Lady Luck LCC in Dover, DE.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 45-8887, owned by Mitchell Aircraft Components Inc. in Chino, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 45-8898, owned by TriState Warbird Museum in Batavia, OH.
On display-
B-25D Mitchell, s/n 41-29784, at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 43-27596, at Grand Forks AFB in ND.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 43-27712, at Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 43-28222, at Hurlburt Field in FL.
B-25D Mitchell, s/n 43-3308, at Freedom Museum in Pampa, TX.
B-25D Mitchell, s/n 43-3374, at National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, OH.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 43-4030, at South Dakota Air and Space Museum in Ellsworth AFB, SD.
B-25H Mitchell, s/n 43-4999, at New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-28875, at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, TX.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29035, at National Museum of Naval Aviation in NAS Pensacola, FL.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29835, at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30243, at Pendelton Air Museum in Pendelton, OR.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30363, at Strategic Air and Space Museum in Offutt AFB, NE.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30444, at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, WI.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30493, at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, MT.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30535, at Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal, KS.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30635, at Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum in Rantoul, IL.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30649, at Maxwell AFB in AL.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30854, at Eglin AFB in Florida
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-31004, at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, AL.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-31032, at March Field Air Museum in CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86725 “Super Rabbit”, at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, OR.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86727, at Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum in Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86772, at Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB, UT.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86843, at Grissom AFB in IN.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86872 “Little King”, at Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, GA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86880, at National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, TX.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86891 “Lazy Daisy Mae”, at Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA.
Under restoration-
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 43-28222, by Ralph Ponte in Cedar Ridge, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-28738, by Midwest Seafoods Inc. in Denver, CO
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-29127, by C&P Aviation in St. Paul, MN.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30203, by Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-30627, by Mitchell Aircraft Components in Chino, CA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-31489, by Hughes Aviation and Engine Company in Atlanta, GA.
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86786, by Avionics Inc. in Virginia Beach, VA
B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-86844, by Training Services Inc. in Virginia Beach, VA.