Bunkerhill
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Subject: The largest gathering of B-25's since WWII......
If you are into flying, youll love this one!
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The largest gathering of B-25's since WWII.
Wish I could have seen this. For you who don't know it, the Doolittle raid was conducted in Spring of 42 as a symbolic "payback" to the Japanese for Pearl Harbor . This raid flew off a carrier less than 5 months after Pearl Harbor Very early in this clip, is a quick shot of a B25 with the word "Panchita", or something like that. This B25 comes to Cherry Point's air show almost every time.
Thought you would be interested in this email on old WWII planes.
Enjoy.
The attached U-Tube video shows the largest gathering of B-25s since WWII, seventeen beautiful airplanes in the air at one time, interspersed with a number of photos from the original Doolittle Raiders mission. These A/C participated in the 68th Doolittle Raiders Reunion, held April 17-18, 2010 at the USAF Museum-Wright Field, Dayton OH . Eight of the original seventy nine Doolittle Raiders are still alive, with four of them being able to attend this event. Wish I could have been there to watch them take off and fly in formation. They started very early in the morning, in yet the fences were crowded with airplane buffs of all sorts. Pretty darned cool!
5:31 Minute Video Clip:
Air to Air shots filmed by VictoryGirl.com from the tail gunner seat of BJ-25, 'Pacific Princess' - ship # 2 in the 17 ship formation
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