Tuesday, July 06, 2021

loving this B 25 nose art and tribute to the women who built the warbirds in WW2


Wearing a restored paint job, the same as it had during it's time in action by Corsica in 1943, but with new nose art, this B25 is a star at the Yankee Museum, which is having an all time largest number of B 25s gathered since WW2.

The Yankee Air Museum is renowned for pulling out all the stops when it comes to organizing their annual Thunder Over Michigan air show. It has long been one of the most anticipated events on the U.S. air show calendar, and this year’s event over the weekend of August 7/8, 2021

The organizers are pursuing a massive effort to present the largest gathering of North American B-25 Mitchells at an air show event since the type left active U.S. military service. The museum previously fielded 15 airworthy examples at their 2007 Thunder Over Michigan event, which was a magnificent affair. This time they hope to beat the current record of some 20 examples, which took place at the Doolittle Raid 70th Anniversary celebrations in Urbana, Ohio.

http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/thunder-over-michigan-2021-worlds-largest-b-25-mitchell-gathering.html

1 comment:

  1. I don't remember how many B-25's were used in the filming of CATCH-22,but I think it was about
    10 or 12.

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