North American B-25 Mitchell
The Doolittle Raider
“Sixteen of these flew off a carrier deck and into history.”
North American Aviation · military
Named for air power pioneer Billy Mitchell, the B-25 made history in April 1942 when sixteen of them launched from the carrier USS Hornet for the Doolittle Raid — something a medium bomber was never designed to do. Nearly 10,000 were built, and dozens still fly, making it the most catchable of the great American WWII bombers.
All sixteen Doolittle Raid B-25s launched from the carrier USS Hornet in April 1942 — a takeoff a land-based medium bomber was never designed to make.
Twin tail fins, two big radials, tricycle gear, and a gull-wing kink where the wing meets the engines. You'll usually hear it before you see it.
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the The Doolittle Raider from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook.
