On our ramp today

[donbmw]

This was on our ramp today had plugs go bad.

Don

[nhmaf]

Nice B-25!

[montmil]

The North American B-25 medium bomber saw action in every theatre during WWII, beginning with Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's famous launch from the USS Hornet and Tokyo raid in early 1942.

An extremely reliable aircraft, the Mitchell suffered the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber during WWII: less than one-half of one percent.

This example features the addition of twin .50 cal machine guns in external, fuselage-mounted pods. Very effective against japanese shipping. Many B-25s had steel plates fitted adjacent the gun muzzles to prevent fuselage aluminum skin damage from the pounding exerted on the aircraft by the rapid fire from the great Ma Deuce.

Thanks for the photos, Don.

[marcmax]

I lived in Lawton, OK while wifey was stationed at Ft Sill. There was a B-25 (Iron Laiden Maiden) that lived at the local airport about 3-4 miles from where we lived. Every time they fired up those engines there was no mistaking where the sound was coming from. There is nothing like the sound of a big radial engine. It always made me wonder what it must have been like when hundreds of these magnificent warbirds were passing by during the war years.

[suecanada]

How exciting is that! Reminds me that so many of us are of the age now that this is super special. Thanks for posting!