History
Used temporarily from ships / carriers (1942): Doolittle Raid launched from USS Hornet
North American
North American B-25B Mitchell
Bomber
Used temporarily from ships / carriers (1942): Doolittle Raid launched from USS Hornet
- First flight19 August 1940
- Introduction1941
- Number built9,816
Specifications
01
Crew & dimensions
- Crew
- five (comprising pilot, navigator/bombardier, turret gunner/engineer, radio operator/waist gunner, tail gunner)
- Length
- 52 ft 11 in
- Wingspan
- 67 ft 7 in
- Height
- 16 ft 4 in
02
Performance
- Maximum speed
- 272 mph
- Range
- 1,350 mi
- Service ceiling
- 24,200 ft
03
Powerplant
- Powerplant
- 2 × Wright R-2600-92 Twin Cyclone 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial piston engines (1,700 hp)
04
Armament
- Armament
- Guns: 12–18 ×.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns and 75 mm (2.95 in) T13E1 cannon; Bombs: 3,000 lb (1,360 kg) bombs; Rockets: racks for eight 5 in high velocity aircraft rockets (HVAR); Hardpoints: 2,000 lb (900 kg) ventral shackles to hold one external Mark 13 torpedo