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NORTH AMERICAN B-25A MITCHELL
1940
 
TWIN ENGINE MEDIUM BOMBER
  
     
   
 
 
OVERVIEW
  
 

The B-25 Mitchell was possibly the best and the most important tactical medium bomber design of World War II. It was named in honor of the late General Billy Mitchell, who is considered the father of modern American air power. Designed by a company with no previous experience with bombers or high performance aircraft the B-25 was to become one of the most built American twin-engine bomber of the war.

Made famous by the daring attack on the Japanese homeland, the Doolittle raid help immortalized the bomber and raise the morale of an entire nation…More to come

  
     
 
DATA
  
 
NORTH AMERICAN B-25A MITCHELL
( NA-62A )
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 TWIN ENGINE MEDIUM BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION INC
FIRST FLIGHT :
 AUGUST 1940
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1940
NUMBER BUILT :
 40
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 67 ft 7 in(20.6 m)
LENGTH :
 54 ft 1 in (16.48m)
HEIGHT :
 15 ft 9 in ( 4.80 m)
WING AREA :
 610 sq ft
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 17,870 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 25,322 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :
 27,100 lbs
POWER PLANT :
 Two 1,700 hp Wright R-2600-9 Double
 
 Cyclone 14-cylinder Two-Row Radials
ARMAMENT :
 1 x 30 Machine Gun in Nose
 
 3 x 30 Machine Gun Amidship
 
 1 x 50 Machine Gun in Tail Position
BOMB LOAD :
 3,600 lbs (1,635 kg)
CREW :
 5: Pilot, Co-Pilot, Bombardier, Navigator/Radio Operator,
 
 & Tail Gunner
   
PERFORMANCE
LANDING SPEED :
 90 mph
CRUISING SPEED :
 262 mph
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 315 mph @ 15,000ft
CLIMB RATE :
 15,000 ft. (460m) 8.4 min
RANGE :
 1,350 mi w/ 3,000 lb of Bombs
SERVICE CEILING :
 27,000 ft ( m)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

McDowell, Ernest R. B-25 Mitchell In Action. Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc. 1978. ISBN 0-89747-033-8.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

  
 
     
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