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North American B-25 Mitchell

The B-25 can trace its lineage back to the mid-1930s development of the XB-21 (Model NA-39). Only one twin-engined XB-21 was built, but North American used experience gained for the company financed NA-40 project. This aircraft was also a twin-engine design but had a tricycle landing gear rather than the tail-dragger configuration of the XB-21. Only one NA-40 was built and it had several modifications done to test various features including an engine change. The original Pratt & Whitney R-1830 engines were replaced by Wright R-2600s which would become standard on the B-25. The NA-40B was initially submitted for evaluation as an attack bomber for export use by Great Britain and France which had an immediate need for aircraft in the early stages of WWII. The aircraft lost to what would become the Douglas A-20 "Havoc" but gained new life when it was evaluated for use as a medium bomber even though the aircraft was destroyed in a crash on 11 April 1939.

The redesigned NA-40B was designated NA-62 by North American and along with the Martin B-26 was selected for production in 1939. 184 aircraft were ordered and would eventually be delivered as 24 B-25s, 40 B-25As and 120 B-25Bs. The B-25 was so desperately needed, no experimental or service test (XB-25 or YB-25) aircraft were built. Changes to the basic design were incorporated into aircraft on the production line and post-production or depot modification centers. One significant change involved a design of the wing. The first nine B-25s were built with constant dihedral (angle) wings; however, stability problems forced a change which kept the dihedral angle on the inboard wing but nullified it on the outboard wing (0 angle). This gave the B-25 its distinctive 'gull wing.' Another change replaced smaller angled vertical stabilizers with larger less angled ones. Before production ended, about 10,000 B-25s were built of all types which included a reconnaissance (F-10) and Navy version (PBJ-1). The B-25 was also used by numerous foreign countries including Great Britain which received more than 900 aircraft by war's end.

SPECIFICATIONS Span: 67 ft. 7 in. Length: 52 ft. 11 in. Height: 15 ft. 9 in. Weight: 28,460 lbs. loaded Armament: Five .50-cal. machine guns; 5,000 lbs. of bombs Engine: Two Wright R-2600s of 1,700 hp. ea. Cost: $96,000

PERFORMANCE Maximum speed: 275 mph. Cruising speed: 230 mph. Range: 1,200 miles Service Ceiling: 25,000 ft.

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The first of Doolittle's B25's lanches from the USS Hornet on it's way to bomb Tokyo

 

 

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B1	B2	B45	B47	B50	B52	B58	F111	-	-	-	-
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D558	F107	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5	X15	XB70	YC14	-	-
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Reconnaissance
E3	O1G	OV2	OV10	RF4	RF101	U2	-	-	-	-	-
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T6A	T33	T37	T38	T41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-