This B-25 Mitchell aircraft has been on display in the Eagle Hangar of the EAA museum for decades. Contact flight crew for more information at 92 With one daring mission, Doolittle’s Raiders lifted the morale and spirits of everyone back in the United States. The planes hit their targets and most ditched off of the coast of China after the raid. On April 18th, 1942 the task force was spotted early, and even though the odds were against them, the 16 bombers roared down the deck toward history. The mission would be led by famous aviator James H. Then, when the time was right, launch off of the carrier and bomb Tokyo as well as military installations in the area.
The idea was to load 16 bombers onto the deck of the USS Hornet and sail as close as they could safely get to Japan. The first B-25’s became combat ready in early 1942, just in time for a very daring plan after a devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Army Air Corps was impressed with the aircraft’s performance and immediately ordered the aircraft, now designated B-25. North American delivered a prototype named the NA-62. In March of 1939 the United States Army Air Corps put out the call to aircraft companies for a medium bomber that was able to carry a bomb load of 2,400 pounds for 1,200 miles at a speed of 300 mph.
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