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NORTH AMERICAN B-25D MITCHELL
1941
 
TWIN ENGINE MEDIUM BOMBER/GROUND ATTACK
  
     
   
 
 
 
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-25D MITCHELL
(NA-82A)
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 TWIN ENGINE MEDIUM BOMBER/GROUND ATTACK
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION INC
FIRST FLIGHT :
 AUGUST 1941
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1942
NUMBER BUILT :
 2,290
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 67 ft 7 in( m)
LENGTH :
 52 ft 11 in (m)
HEIGHT :
 15 ft 10 in (m)
WING AREA :
 610 sq ft
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 20,300 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 33,500 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :
 34,000 lbs
POWER PLANT :
 Two 1,700 hp Wright R-2600-13 Double Cyclone 14-cylinder Two-Row
 
 Radials
ARMAMENT :
 1 x .50cal Flexible Machine Gun in Nose
 
 1 x .50cal Fixed Machine Gun in Nose
 
 2 x .50cal Machine Gun in Top Turret
 
 2 x .50cal Machine Gun in Lower Turret
(OPTIONAL) 
4 x .50 cal Machine Guns in Nose Straffing Config.
BOMB LOAD :
 3,000 lbs
CREW :
 5: Pilot, Co-Pilot, Bombardier, Navigator, Radio Operator/Gunner,
 
 & Lower Turret Gunner
   
PERFORMANCE
LANDING SPEED :
 105 mph
CRUISING SPEED :
 233 mph
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 284 mph
CLIMB RATE :
 15,000 ft. in 16.5 min
RANGE :
 1,500 mi w/ 3,000 lbs
SERVICE CEILING :
 21,200 ft
 
 
 
 
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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