B-25
Twin-engine warplane
The B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engine medium bomber used extensively during World War II.
Named after aviation pioneer Billy Mitchell, it gained fame in the 1942 Doolittle Raid—the first air attack on the Japanese mainland.
The aircraft served in every theater of the war and remained in military use into the 1960s.
Anglo-Saxon family name
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
- twin-engineHaving two powerplants
- warplaneMilitary combat aircraft
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
turret · airframe · wingspan · nacelle · bombardier · crew · cockpit · propeller
Japan's capital city
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- missionPurpose-driven task
- sortieArmed raid outward
theater · Mediterranean · Burma · strafing · squadron · group · 1942 · wartime
Mitchell
Anglo-Saxon family name
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
- twin-engineHaving two powerplants
- warplaneMilitary combat aircraft
fuselage · turret · airframe · wingspan · nacelle · bombardier · crew · cockpit · propeller · aluminum
Tokyo
Japan's capital city
sortie · theater · Mediterranean · Burma · strafing · squadron · group · 1942 · wartime · military
warbird
Restored vintage military aircraft
- airshowPublic flight demonstration
- restorationReturning something to condition
- museumPublic exhibit space
commemorative · vintage · flyable · preserved · collector · hangar · memorial · veteran · artifact · Smithsonian
Catch-22
Self-defeating logical trap
documentary · memoir · heroism · daring · propaganda · homefront · newsreel
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- BombersLancaster, Flying Fortress, Halifax, Wellington, Stirling
- Guitar ModelsLes Paul, Flying V, Explorer, Firebird, Thunderbird
B-25P-51 Mustang
American WWII fighter aircraft
Spitfire · fighter plane · interceptor · escort fighter · fighter aircraft
B-25heavy bomber
Large military aircraft for bombing
strategic bomber · Lancaster · light aircraft · light bomber