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PG Graphic: One of the Mysteries of Pittsburgh: The B-25 in the Mon
Sunday, April 04, 1999 By James Hilston, Post-Gazette Staff Artist
The B-25 medium bomber was one of America's most famous warplanes of WW II.
Performance:
Maximum speed: 275 mph.
Cruising speed: 230 mph.
Range: 1,200 miles
Service Ceiling: 25,000 ft.
Specifications
:Span: 67 ft. 7 in.
Length: 52 ft. 11 in.
Height: 15 ft. 9 in.
Weight: 28,460 lbs. loaded
Engine: Two Wright R-2600s of 1,700 horsepower each
Cost: $96,000
Other famous incidents involving the B-25:
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April 18, 1942. Eighteen B-25s bomb Tokyo, then crash trying to make it back to their aircraft carrier. They cause little damage, but bolster U.S. morale by showing that Japan is not invincible. They become known as the Doolittle Raiders, after General James Doolittle.