Product Highlights
Features
- 112 pages
- 280 color and b/w photos
- 9 wide x 9 tall
Wolfe. This second of two volumes on the North American B-25 Mitchell covers the late-WWII G through J F-10 and PBJ variants of the famed US medium bomber. Among the many topics discussed are the Mitchell versions used by the US Navy and Marine Corps as well as photo-recon and experimental types. B-25s in foreignwartime service are also shown including those used in Poland France England and Soviet Russia. A detailed chapter covers all types of armament used in the Mitchell from guns and cannon of various calibers to ammunition including machine gun rounds rockets and bombs. A special section of the book features discussions on unique B-25 missions events and aircrew during WWII and in the postwar era such as the April 1942 Doolittle Raid and the B-25 collision with the Empire State Building in July 1945. B-25 appearances in classic feature films such as Thirty Seconds over Tokyo and Catch-22 are also detailed.
