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Showing posts with label B-25 "Mitchell". Show all posts
Showing posts with label B-25 "Mitchell". Show all posts

2018-09-05

Warbirds of Glory – Sandbar Mitchell Progress & The Kittyhawk Academy



Warbirds of Glory – Sandbar Mitchell Progress & The Kittyhawk Academy
It has been some time since we have carried an update on progress with Warbirds Of Glory's North American B-25J Mitchell serial 44-30733. Better known as The Sandbar Mitchell, most readers will remember when her battered remains were rescued back i…
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2016-06-22

Video: "Dutch North American B-25N Mitchell Demo - Luchtmachtdagen 2016"



 
Let's hope we will see this wonderful aircraft in flight at the next BAF days


Royal Netherlands Air Force Historical Flight Dutch North American B-25N Mitchell Luchtmachtdagen 2016
Vliegbasis Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden Air Base, Luchtmachtdagen 2016, Dutch Air Force Days 2016, Open Dagen 2016, KLU, RNLAF


Koninklijke Luchtmacht Historische Vlucht

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2015-10-18

Book : Special offer book "B-25 Factory Times"

In my opinion, a "must have" for anyone interested in the North American B-25 Mitchell


Forwarded message -  From: Wim Nijenhuis <d.w.nijenhuis@concepts.nl>
Date: 17 October 2015 at 14:10
Subject: special offer book "B-25 Factory Times"



Dear Sir/Madam,

With a look at the upcoming Christmas days, I would like to ask your attention to this unique book.
A special offer of the 2013 published and now much praised book "B-25 Factory Times". A beautiful book as a valuable reminder of an important piece of American historical heritage and a must-have for the B-25 lovers.
A beautiful and rewarding gift for aviation enthusiasts.



Best regards,






2014-08-15

Sandbar Mitchell : Acquisition of a long forgotten B-25J

B-25J Sandbar Mitchell Restoration's photo.

Impossible seems not to be in the vocabulary nor the brain of B-25 Mitchell adepts 



B-25J Sandbar Mitchell Restoration 
The Warbirds Of Glory Museum is excited to announce the acquisition of a long forgotten B-25J. Abandoned in Nome, Alaska during WWII, B-25J 44-28898 was one of many B-25s delivered to USSR under Roosevelt's Lend/Lease program. The USA ferried the aircraft as far as Fairbanks where the official hand-off would occur. The Russians then prepared it for the long journey from Fairbanks to the USSR, with a stop in Nome and then across the Bering Straits into Siberia.
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2014-06-29

B-25's during the Battle of the Bulge



The important role of the crews of the North American B-25 Mitchell of the Royal Air Force during the Battle of the Bulge is most of the time ignored. The Mitchell's boys smashed the German logistic centers during the battle. The flak was heavy.  Gaston Mertens was killed over Manderfeld on 1/13/1945. The missions were performed in awfully difficult circumstances but they did the job.   

Here are films where the RAF B-25's are show during these operations



Autour de Bastogne
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11 janv. 1945 929 vues 02min 00s
- Colonne de camions militaires américains sur une route aux environs de BASTOGNE - Panneau indicateur de cette ville à un croisement - Plusieurs plans du convoi - Escadrille d'avions alliés en vol - Divers plans du bombardement des environs de BASTOGNE par l'aviation alliée : chapelets de bombes, explosions au sol, bombardiers en vol - Plusieurs plans d'une escadrille d'avions de transport parachutant du matériel - Plusieurs plans des soldats américains échappés de BASTOGNE (lors de son encerclement par les allemands) marchant dispersés, puis posant, en groupe, le visage noirci à leur retour dans les lignes alliées.










My channel is a NON PROFIT channel dedicated to Remembrance of the WW2 allied soldier."RAF Warfront." 1 January 1945: B25 Mitchells shown in action; while returning their pilots are told not to land at their usual airfields. Film of wrecked Mitchells etc. on airfield in Belgium/Holland sector following German attack. RAF Spitfires retaliate - good footage of dogfights with Me 109s. Messerschmitts crash into the snow; a German pilot bails out; one is shot down over a town; another crash-lands near a tramway. Shots of wrecked aircraft and dead pilots. The "battle of New Year's Day" is a reminder of the dangers of relaxing while the German "tiger" is still active.Video Provided & Authorized by Imperial War Museum. All rights reserved.




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2014-05-16

Video: "B-25 : Mission to Rabaul - Nonstop action in the South West Pacific 1943"








"This is one of the all time classic documentaries to come out of World War 2 -- an action packed epic! I digitally restored the audio & video." Zeno, Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In http://zenoswarbirdvideos.com See this film and more full screen on our "Rabaul Campaign" DVD bitly.com/WjYE40 Visit our aviation DVD store at http://www.zenosflightshop.com for the World's largest selection of World War 2 & vintage jet aircraft aviation videos Use coupon code "mustang" in your shopping cart to save an extra 15% off your first order!

Rabaul, a large natural harbor on the eastern end of the huge Island of New Britain (located northeast of New Guinea in the Southwest Pacific) was an essential strategic linchpin for the Japanese from which they could project their forces throughout the region. They poured tens of thousands of troops, hundreds of airplanes, and thousands of tons of supplies and material into this base to make it a mighty fortress. The Allies' brilliant solution to the Rabaul conundrum was to isolate it, slowly starve it, and bypass it -- rather than assault it directly.

This dramatic, high impact documentary film shows some of the most memorable, exciting, and extensive footage of 5th Air Force B-25G bombers conducting tree top level attacks with machine guns and delayed action bombs to come out of World War 2 .The first step in the reduction of Rabaul was the seizure of a string of Japanese bases along the Northeast coast of New Guinea.

The film focuses on the decisive and revolutionary impact of the air component in the strategy, including high & low level attacks, parachute drops, and resupply, accompanied by a magnificent musical score drawn from Holst's "The Planets." You're literally sitting in the cockpit or in the tail gunners seat watching amazing low level attack runs. You'll also see P-38s, A-20s, B-25s and B-24 cooperating with US Australian and New Zealand Forces securing forward air bases to strike against Rabaul and for the invasion of New Britain. "Mission to Rabaul" shows how each piece of this classic strategy culminated inevitably in the first escorted, massed bomber strike on Rabaul on 12th October, 1943 an essential goal in the reduction of Japanese defenses.

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2013-09-18

Video: "How to Fly the North American B-25 "Mitchell" Medium Bomber (1944)"




"After watching Spencer Tracy roar off the deck in "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," I became a B-25 fan!" Zeno, Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com Don't miss our B-25 DVD with two more videos & 95-page B-25 pilot's manual: http://bit.ly/HUzHnT

The Navy Department produced this North American B-25 pilot training film for use by all services. (Is that Tom Clancy at the controls?) Named after Billy Mitchell, the controversial pioneer of heavy bombing, this is the plane that Jimmy Doolittle chose to fly off the deck of carrier Hornet for the dramatic raid on Tokyo. Extremely versatile, the North American B-'25 was the US's most produced medium bomber, fighting in all theaters and exported to virtually all Allied air forces. An effective level bomber, it could also be equipped with a multitude of additional machine guns, rockets, and even a 75mm canon, for low level ground attack.
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