B-25 Mitchell / Briefing Time Red Air Force From the daring 1943 Ploesti

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B-25 Mitchell / Briefing Time Red Air Force From the daring 1943 PloestiB 25 Mitchell Briefing Time airplane model. The B 25 was designed for the United States' Army Air Corps before the Second World War. The North American company had never designed a multi engine bomber before. The original design had shoulder mounted wings and a crew of three in a narrow fuselage. The USAAC then decided its new bomber would need a much larger payload double the original specifications. North American designers dropped the wing to the