North American Mitchell

E707370
World War II bomber medium bomber military aircraft

The North American Mitchell, officially the B-25, was a widely used American twin‑engine medium bomber of World War II, renowned for its versatility and service with numerous Allied air forces.

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Label Occurrences
North American Mitchell canonical 2

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II bomber ⓘ
medium bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration mid-wing monoplane ⓘ
twin-engine ⓘ
armament bombs ⓘ
cannon ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
bombload up to 3000 lb internal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewSize 5 ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1940-08-19 ⓘ
fuselageType twin tail ⓘ
height 4.8 m ⓘ
introducedInService 1941 ⓘ
landingGearType tricycle landing gear ⓘ
length 16.1 m ⓘ
manufacturer North American Aviation NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumSpeed 443 km/h ⓘ
namedAfter General Billy Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEventDate 1942-04-18 ⓘ
notableFeature heavy forward-firing armament in later variants ⓘ
versatile configuration for bombing and strafing ⓘ
notableUse Doolittle Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberBuilt approximately 9800 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
officialDesignation B-25 NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator Brazilian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinese Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
powerplant Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUser United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd 1945 ⓘ
productionPeriodStart 1941 ⓘ
range 2175 km ⓘ
retiredFromUSAF 1959 ⓘ
role ground attack aircraft ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
medium bomber ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling 7620 m ⓘ
theaterOfOperations China-Burma-India Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ
European Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mediterranean Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedByAlliance Allied air forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor anti-shipping strikes ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
level bombing ⓘ
low-level attack missions ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
variant B-25B NERFINISHED ⓘ
B-25C NERFINISHED ⓘ
B-25D NERFINISHED ⓘ
B-25G NERFINISHED ⓘ
B-25H NERFINISHED ⓘ
B-25J ⓘ
wingspan 20.6 m ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 226 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → North American Mitchell ⓘ
2 Group → aircraftTypeOperated → North American Mitchell ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 2 Group RAF