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North American B-25D Mitchell - USAF Museum 04-18-2017

The B-25 Mitchell was perhaps most famous for the Doolittle Raid on Japan in 1942.

B-25 - http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196310/north-american-b-25b-mitchell/

Doolittle Raid - http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196211/doolittle-raid/
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HybredVigor
@hybredvigor 8 years ago
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I remember these planes most for having versions with eight machine guns or one 40mm cannon in the nose, we modified the B-25 a lot in it's career.
SMWolf
@SMWolf 8 years ago
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Photogtafur
The b-25G was the first to mount a 75 mm gun in the nose. It was designed to take out Japanese merchant ships. My recollection is that the plane nearly stopped in midair from the recoil when they fired it.

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b25_13.html
HybredVigor
@hybredvigor 8 years ago
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Your right,I thought it was 75 mm, but didn't want to oversell it.
SMWolf
@SMWolf 8 years ago
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Photogtafur
Way back when, I built a model with a 75 mm cannon and the additional machine guns, so I knew some of the history of the plane.
HybredVigor
@hybredvigor 8 years ago
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I build models too when I was young, never got around to the B-25, which is a shame because I always thought they were cool in a ugly but badass sort of way, like the A-10.

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