Texas Aviation Hall of fame North American PBJ Mitchell N333RW
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Operator: Texas Aviation Hall of fame - N333RW
Aircraft: North American - PBJ Mitchell
Airport: USA - Texas - Galveston - Scholes Intl (GLS / KGLS)
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2010-10-21 by Angelo Bufalino [Contact]
Camera setting: NIKON D700, 1/1000s, f/11.0 at 44mm ISO 400
Photographer's remark
(24.7.2011, 15:54 CET)
Lone Star Flight Museum's "Special Delivery" is a PBJ-1J, which is the Navy's designation for the B-25J Mitchell Bomber. During the war, the Navy and Marine Corps began using this aircraft to help turn the tide in the battle in the Pacific. The PBJ-1J proved to be highly effective at destroying Japanese shipping and strafing ground targets. B-25 Mitchells fought in every theatre of the Second World War and operated in many roles including tactical bombing, low-level tank busting and anti-shipping strikes.
Painted to commemorate the Doolittle Raiders, "Special Delivery" honors the 80 brave men who flew 16 land-based B-25s off the USS Hornet in the first raid against the Japanese on their own soil.
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