saw action in WWII with great success by Richardphotos

Prime Members Gallery • Aviation • posted on Aug 16, 2020

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Named after General Billy Mitchell, the Army Air Corps' most famous figure of the 1920s and 1930s, the North American B-25 proved to be one of the best American weapons of World War II. First flown on August 19,1940, the B-25 was a rugged, adaptable and accurate medium bomber. Famed for its role in the Doolittle Raid on Japan, the B-25 served around the world and flew with several air forces. North American produced the Mitchell in many different models, nearly 10,000 B-25s in all. The Cavanaugh Flight Museum

Comments (20)

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Glendaw

9:51PM | Sun, 16 August 2020

Awesome find Richard.

Thanks for sharing the background information.

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bakapo

10:18PM | Sun, 16 August 2020

Very cool.

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LyleAryn

11:30PM | Sun, 16 August 2020

And that's some lovely nose art on that old girl. Very cool. We built thijgs to take a hit back in the war.

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starship64

1:29AM | Mon, 17 August 2020

Nice capture. Does this one carry passengers? It looks like the top of the bombardier's compartment has been modified to give the occupants a better view.

Richardphotos

9:38AM | Mon, 17 August 2020

I do not know. that piece of lexan must have cost the price of a car

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paul_gormley

1:36AM | Mon, 17 August 2020

looks amazing after all these years, great shot

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ikke.evc

1:41AM | Mon, 17 August 2020

Nice capture Richard, but i think it's a Douglas A-26 Invader later renamed B-26 Invader witch saw service during WW2, Korea, Vietnam and other wars around the world.

Richardphotos

4:16PM | Mon, 17 August 2020

the information that I put was from the owner of the plane and museum website. I have no knowledge of the identity

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rainbows

3:48AM | Mon, 17 August 2020

wonderful capture dear richard. hugs. di di. xx

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ontar1

6:32AM | Mon, 17 August 2020

Cool, great capture!

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eekdog

10:08AM | Mon, 17 August 2020

cool craft and lady on the plane. super shot and view.

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DennisReed

1:51PM | Mon, 17 August 2020

cool

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KarmaSong

3:39PM | Mon, 17 August 2020

What a wonderful photo of this vintage B-25 ! Many thanks for sharing .

PhthaloBlue

6:08PM | Mon, 17 August 2020

Beautiful photo of this B-25!

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daggerwilldo

7:46PM | Mon, 17 August 2020

The B-25 along with the B-17 are two of my most favorite WW2 era aircraft. A joy to see one totally restored.

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DukeNukem2005

1:42AM | Tue, 18 August 2020

It's very beautiful ❤️

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farmerC

1:11PM | Tue, 18 August 2020

Fantastic done.

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Greywolf44

5:44PM | Tue, 18 August 2020

Yo Richard, I do not want to start a war (LOL), but like ikke.evc, I too thought this was mislabeled by you. Long story short - I looked up B-26 (A-26) for photos and found this very plane actually in flight. It was easily identifiable by the plexiglass nose and the wonderful nose art. Unfortunately I was not able to post said picture. I am sure somewhere along the way someone got their wires crossed. No big deal, just trying to help out. Keep em flyin'.

OmniFX

8:54PM | Tue, 18 August 2020

Great capture of the A-26. Douglas A-26 Invader. "Hard to Get" is an A-26 Serial Number 44-35710 displayed at The Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas.

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