Great Planes : B-25 Mitchell

For educational purposes

The Mitchell is the stuff of legends named after General Billy Mitchell, the World War I ace, and flown by Jimmy Doolittle as he led the Tokyo Raiders (from the deck of the U.S. Hornet) in the first attack on Japan after Pearl Harbor.

This outstanding World War II medium bomber was one of the few lightning aircraft to be flown simultaneously by the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps, it was an easy plane to fly, and tremendously resilient.

In the later years of the war, the front of the B-26 was adapted into a mass of high caliber cannons; at one time a Howitzer was actually fitted onto the aircraft's nose, this Mitchell actually packed more power than most fighters Live the legend today.

Climb into the cockpit of "The Sweetheart of the Air Force", the North American B-25.