B-25 Mitchell

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Deutsch: Der North American B 25 „Mitchell“ war ein zweimotoriger mittelschwerer Bomber des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Zur Ehrung des Generals Billy Mitchell erhielt die Maschine den Beinamen Mitchell.

English: The North American B-25 Mitchell (NA-62) was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. The aircraft was named the "Mitchell" in honor of General Billy Mitchell, an early air power pioneer and advocate of an independent United States Air Force.

Polski: North American B-25 Mitchell – średni bombowiec amerykański z okresu II wojny światowej.

Русский: Норт Америкен B-25 Митчел (англ. — North American B-25 Mitchell) – двухмоторный, цельнометалический, пятиместный бомбардировщик среднего радиуса действия.

[edit] Historical photos

B-25 Mitchell	77th Bomb Squadron's B-25 Southeast of Attu Island, Alaska, 1943 Photo Courtesy of Army Air Corps	B-25 bombers on USS Hornet, 18 April 1942	B-25 prior to start on USS Hornet for Doolittle raid, 18 April 1942
B-25 on the flight deck of USS Hornet	B-25 taking off for Doolittle Raid	B-25 leaving installations aflame in the Wewak area, 13 Aug 1948.	B-25J Mitchell (bomber version)
Rabaul under air attack by B-25's of ComAirSols Bomber Command	B-25 bombing railway	B-25 refuelling	B-25 attacking Japanese shipping
	B-25 bomb bay gas tanks being assembled in California	Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kansas	B-25 over Tivoli, Italy in 1944
B-25 named after a Civitan club.

[edit] Modern day

B-25 of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, taxing for takeoff.		The bomb sight and front machine guns of a B-25 Mitchell	a restored B-25 Mitchell with veterans from the Tuskegee Airmen in 2000
B-25 Mitchell	B-25 Mitchell	ILA 2002	ILA 2002
ILA 2002	Red Bull Air Race exhibition (Barcelona)	mit einem CH-53 Transporthubschrauber, ILA 2002
B-25(?J) at Evergreen Aviation Museum in Oregon	B-25J-35 Mitchell 45-8811 (Jet Alpine Fighter)	B-25J-35 Mitchell 45-8811 (Jet Alpine Fighter)	B-25J-20 Mitchell (Duke of Brabant Air Force)
B-25J Mitchell 2x	from left Bell P-39Q Airacobra - B25-J 2x - Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk	B-25 at the Geneseo Airshow	B-25J Axis Nightmare (Tri-State Warbird Museum)
B-25J Axis Nightmare (Tri-State Warbird Museum)	B-25J Pacific Prowler	B-25J Pacific Prowler	B-25 at International Air Picnic in Góraszka, Poland