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One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was ... one of the most flown, most versatile, and most successful of all the combat planes of the era. The B-25 bomber was designed and built by North American Aviation beginning in 1939, and it was used throughout the war for bombing, photoreconnaissance, submarine patrol, fighting, and strafing (attacking ground troops from a low altitude). Sixteen of these twin-engine bombers famously flew in the Tokyo Raid of April 18, 1942, the U.S. counterattack on the Japanese four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber. It is still one of the most recognised aeroplanes ever built. It was most widely used for daylight strategic bombings of German industrial targets during World War II as part of the United States Eighth Air Force.
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With engine power as a major limitation combined with the desire for accuracy and other operational factors, bomber designs tended to be tailored to one particular role. By the start of World War II this included
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Bomber 31 (pictured at left), the plane that went down in Kamchatka in March 1944, was a U.S. Navy PV-1 Ventura. During World War II, the PV-1 and the nine other American-built bombers shown in the images below served as the workhorses of the air war that ultimately helped defeat the Axis powers.—Lexi Krock
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EAA is offering historic flight experiences in its beautifully restored B-17G Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast.” This aircraft is an example of the American heavy bomber that helped turn the tide of battle in World War II. Fly a mission back in time and feel the might of this magnificent aircraft, just as those brave young men did more than 50 years ago.
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