B-25 Mitchell, the Most Versatile, Best Medium Bomber

On August 19, 1940, North America B-25 "Mitchell" made its first flight. A plane is then recorded history as the most versatile, widely used, and became the best medium bomber during World War II.

B-25 took 8,500 design drawings and 195,000 people to develop the design engineering phase. The effort paid off with about 10,000 aircraft produced and delivered to allies around the world. B-25 went on to become the best in the world's most heavily armed. The aircraft has eight 50-caliber machine gun facing forward took part in ground strafing is the forerunner to the emergence of offensive support aircraft.

B-25 comes with the ability to fly lower and shorter range than its predecessor B-17.

"Mitchell" the nickname for the B-25 is derived from the US General Billy Mitchell, a man who called for the establishment of military air power in 1906, just three years after the Wright Brother's first flight.

B-25 was adopted by all branches of the US armed forces. Short takeoff distance makes it ideal to take off from an aircraft carrier.

On April 18, 1942, B-25, the first United States bombed the Japanese mainland as part of the Doolittle raid, led by Lt. Col. James Doolittle.

Mitchell cockpit style "greenhouse" provides excellent visibility for the bombers and shooters. An Australian engineer, Major. Paul I. "Pappy" Gunn, was the first to remove the bombers-navigator of a greenhouse compartment B-25 and complete the air with eight 50-caliber machine gun

If the B-17 with a high-flying success to drop bombs B-25 made for mantab fly low and do strafing his weapon.

B-25 models are very savage with four 50-caliber machine guns Browning and 75-millimeter cannon that was so effective that one can best menengelamkan Japanese ships with only seven shots. 75 millimeter cannon is a weapon that was then only used on tanks.

In addition to guns in front, B-25, also dropped a bomb from a very low altitude. Because of the low bombs should be given a parachute so that the plane had time to get away from the explosion site to be unaffected.

Is the mission strafing, bombing, or transporting personnel, B-25, has had an important impact on World War II. B-25 last retired from the USAF on 21 May 1960. The last plane is the B-25 that is used to transport VIP military officials.

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