North American B-25C/D Mitchell – New

Airfix A06015A

Excludes all glues, paints and tools necessary to assemble.

• North American B-25C Mitchell, “0H-7” 41-13207, 445th BS, French Morocco, 1943. (A)
• North American B-25D Mitchell, “09” 42-87594, 1st Squadron, Uman Airfield, 1944. (B)

The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber from the Second World War. The B-25 is a high-wing, all-metal structure with a retractable three-point landing gear and a double tail. The propulsion was two Wright Cyclon engines with the power from 1300KM to 1850KM, depending on the version. The flight of the prototype took place in 1940, and a year later mass production started. During the war, numerous versions of this bomber were produced, including B-25G (with a 75mm gun in the bow of the hull), B-25H (with a 75mm gun and 6 machine guns in the bow of the machine) and the B-25J (with 8 machine guns of 12.7mm in the bow of the fuselage). B-25 planes fought mainly in the Pacific and the Mediterranean basin. A number of them were handed over to Great Britain and the USSR under the lend-and-lease agreement, where they made their combat debut at Stalingrad. From 1943, the Polish 305 squadron flew on the B-25. The B-25 was famous primarily for its daring, brave bomb attack on Tokyo in April 1942 (the famous Doolittle raid). Technical data: Maximum speed: 442 km / h, speed of climb: 4 m / s, maximum ceiling 7,600 m, maximum range: 4,300 km, armament: permanent – depending on the version, from 4 to 12 12.7mm Browning machine guns or combination of the 75 mm and km guns. suspended – up to 2700 kg of bombs.