North American B-25J 'Mitchell' by junge1
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The crew of this B-25J 'Mitchell' is posing for photos before starting engines for a demonstration flight at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum's 21st Annual World War II Weekend and 'Gathering of Warbirds' in Reading, Pennsylvania.
This B-25J, named 'Panchito' is owned by the Delaware Aviation Museum. This picture was taken on 5 June 2011.
On 18 April 1942, sixteen U.S. Army Air Forces B-25B 'Mitchell' medium bombers similar to the 'Panchito' were launched from the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier U.S.S. 'Hornet' and led by Lieutenant Colonel James 'Jimmy' Doolittle against the Japanese homeland in a retaliatory strike after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
For this strike all guns were removed, the rear facing guns were replaced with broom sticks to make them look like guns. Communications was only within each aircraft, and soon after the aircraft were launched they lost sight of each other. Each aircraft carried five jerry cans of additional fuel to extend their range.
Comments (23)
bazza
Super capture and great looking aircraft.. well done!!
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
carlx
Excellent plane and photography, Sig!!!
blinkings
Great shot.
lyron
Cool shot!!
flavia49
fantastic capture!!!
lior
The TOP!
flaviok
Fascinante captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
annie5
Interesting capture! :)
ysvry
great foto
Faemike55
Great capture, Sig
bebert
belle piece de musee
debbielove
Stunning shot! Great natural plolisged metal look on the plane! Beauty! Well taken.. Rob
auntietk
A familiar sight! We have one here at Paine, as I'm sure you remember. Bill's avatar is a shot I took of him sitting in the nose. It's great to see images from your PA trip!
farmerC
Shining shot.
drifterlee
Cool plane!!!!!
emmecielle
Great capture! :)
jocko500
I heard of ' Doolittle as my dad told me the story when i was young
Briney
A silver one too! Knights in Shining Armour and all that...!!!
bmac62
Actually, Paul Allen's collection has just added a second B-25 to the collections here at Paine Field...this one being a B-25J also... Your shot above is a beauty...like the boys in their authentic WWII garb.
Richardphotos
a WWII bomber crashed and burned the other day.I love hearing these planes as they make low runs
Buffalo1
Super shot of the plane and crew!
junge2
Digital has been good to you