who can tell me what i got a picture of ?
Dec 17, 2016 12:12:40 #
boberic wrote:
He was the one who predicted how Pearl Harbor could be bombed.
Also the plane Jimmy Doolittle used for the 16 plane raid on Japan that was launched off an aircraft carrier.
Dec 18, 2016 09:50:29 #
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Dec 18, 2016 15:27:47 #
B-25 Mitchell bomber. Made raid on Tokyo from launch from USS Hornet CV-8 on April 18, 1942. Sixteen were launched, 15 made it to China but all crash landed. The sixteenth made it to Vladivostok USSR.
Dec 18, 2016 15:43:06 #
Dec 18, 2016 15:57:07 #
oldgeezer3
Loc: SoCal
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
Model: B-25
Nickname: Mitchell (for General Billy Mitchel, one of U.S. early aviation heros)
Model: B-25
Nickname: Mitchell (for General Billy Mitchel, one of U.S. early aviation heros)
Dec 18, 2016 16:44:52 #
mykie1 wrote:
aviation nation "vegas" canon d 50 1/1000 f 5.6 250m iso 125 not sure b 22? great day at the base
A Mitchell is the name the RAF gave it, A B25 to you!
Dec 18, 2016 16:48:01 #
nicksr1125 wrote:
It was named for Billy Mitchell an early advocate of air power & WW1 ace.
I did' nt know that, I thought that the RAF Christened it the "Mitchell" You live and learn!!!!
Dec 18, 2016 19:02:36 #
Dr.Nikon wrote:
I can almost see Mitchell in the cockpit ...
Mitchell was in the lead a/c when they launched, consequently, had the shortest takeoff run. Brave men, all.
Dec 18, 2016 19:26:13 #
DeanS wrote:
I believe you mean Lt. Col. Doolittle was in the lead plane.Mitchell was in the lead a/c when they launched, consequently, had the shortest takeoff run. Brave men, all.
Dec 18, 2016 19:29:46 #
Sorry, one track mind here. Obviously thinking of the a/c, and not the hero in the left seat.
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