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Published on Aug 1, 2014 TAKE A FLIGHT FROM VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BACK IN TIME ABOARD B-25 MAID IN THE SHADE AREAL VIEWS OF SIDNEY AND VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA The versitile B-25J Maid in the Shade was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force on June 9, 1944. The medium sized bomber departed Morrison Field in Florida on July 7, 1944, and followed the southern route through Brazil, then across the Atlantic to Africa where it was delivered to the 3rd Air Facility Depot. Later that Fall it was picked up by the 319th Bomb Group, 437th Squadron at Serraggia Airbase, Corsica where it was assigned Battle Number 18. The plane proceeded to fly 15 combat missions over Italy between Nov. 4 and Dec. 31, 1944. The majority of the targets were railroad bridges. B-25 "Maid in the Shade"The North American B-25 Mitchell, a twin-engine bomber that became standard equipment for the Allied Air Forces in World War II, was perhaps the most versatile aircraft of the war. It became the most heavily armed airplane in the world, was used for high- and low-level bombing, strafing, photoreconnaissance, submarine patrol and even as a fighter, and was distinguished as the aircraft that completed the historic raid over Tokyo in 1942. Basically, it was a twin-tail, mid-wing land monoplane powered by two 1,700-hp Wright Cyclone engines. Normal bomb capacity was 5,000 pounds. Some versions carried 75 mm cannon, machine guns and added firepower of 13 .50-caliber guns in the conventional bombardier's compartment. One version carried eight .50-caliber guns in the nose in an arrangement that provided 14 forward-firing guns. Specifications First flight: Aug. 19, 1940 Span: 67 feet 6.7 inches Wing area: 610 square feet Length: 53 feet Weight: Empty, 20,305 pounds; normal gross weight, 27,051 pounds; useful load, 6,746 pounds Power plant: Two 1,700-hp Wright Cyclone supercharged 14-cylinder radial engines, driving 12-foot-7-inch full-feathering, constant-speed Hamilton Standard three-bladed props Speed: In excess of 300 miles per hour Crew: Pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, radio operator, gunner Range: In excess of 3,000 miles, using droppable tanks Landing gear: Hydraulically operated tricycle
Published on Aug 1, 2014
ReplyDeleteTAKE A FLIGHT FROM VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BACK IN TIME ABOARD B-25 MAID IN THE SHADE
AREAL VIEWS OF SIDNEY AND VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
The versitile B-25J Maid in the Shade was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force on June 9, 1944. The medium sized bomber departed Morrison Field in Florida on July 7, 1944, and followed the southern route through Brazil, then across the Atlantic to Africa where it was delivered to the 3rd Air Facility Depot. Later that Fall it was picked up by the 319th Bomb Group, 437th Squadron at Serraggia Airbase, Corsica where it was assigned Battle Number 18. The plane proceeded to fly 15 combat missions over Italy between Nov. 4 and Dec. 31, 1944. The majority of the targets were railroad bridges.
B-25 "Maid in the Shade"The North American B-25 Mitchell, a twin-engine bomber that became standard equipment for the Allied Air Forces in World War II, was perhaps the most versatile aircraft of the war. It became the most heavily armed airplane in the world, was used for high- and low-level bombing, strafing, photoreconnaissance, submarine patrol and even as a fighter, and was distinguished as the aircraft that completed the historic raid over Tokyo in 1942.
Basically, it was a twin-tail, mid-wing land monoplane powered by two 1,700-hp Wright Cyclone engines.
Normal bomb capacity was 5,000 pounds. Some versions carried 75 mm cannon, machine guns and added firepower of 13 .50-caliber guns in the conventional bombardier's compartment. One version carried eight .50-caliber guns in the nose in an arrangement that provided 14 forward-firing guns.
Specifications
First flight: Aug. 19, 1940
Span: 67 feet 6.7 inches
Wing area: 610 square feet
Length: 53 feet
Weight: Empty, 20,305 pounds; normal gross weight, 27,051 pounds; useful load, 6,746 pounds
Power plant: Two 1,700-hp Wright Cyclone supercharged 14-cylinder radial engines, driving 12-foot-7-inch full-feathering, constant-speed Hamilton Standard three-bladed props
Speed: In excess of 300 miles per hour
Crew: Pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, radio operator, gunner
Range: In excess of 3,000 miles, using droppable tanks
Landing gear: Hydraulically operated tricycle