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Bennett DVD Pleasure Boating Power & Sail

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The B-25 Mitchell bomber was arguably WWIIs finest, medium bomber. Designed for a payload of 3,200 lbs of bombs and eight .50 caliber machineguns, in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, the B-25 often carried 4,000 to 6,000lbs of bombs. The G and H models sported a 75mm canon in the nose. Some J models had as many as eighteen .50 caliber machine guns, the most powerful gunships until the AC-130 Puff the Magic Dragon of Vietnam fame. The Doolittle Raid against Tokyo was assuredly a morale booster and a heroic, suicidal mission, but this video spends too much of its time on this event. The B-25 was a major weapon in the Mediterranean and in the Pacific. Both theaters are sold short. The B-25s of the 12th Air Force fought a major tactical battle against thousands of German and Italian flak guns in the Italian Alps from November 1944 until March 1945. It is known by a few as The Battle of the Brenner Pass. No footage is shown of this pivotal battle. B-25s also reduced American casualties in the Invasion of Southern France in August 1944 by carpet bombing the heavily-mined Antheor Beach-head prior to troop disembarkation. This was a far cry from the D-Day landings at Omaha and Utah beaches, thanks to the 12th AF B-25s. The bombing of Monte Cassino is impressive, but the footage is too short, and the dropping of parachute bombs on Rabaul in the Pacific gives just a taste of what might have been a better documentary.

Most of all,More Enough Running Times are Required !
As I mentioned before,s for handling,Best World wide used,
World best medium bombers,most extensivly userd Aircrafts,
Editer shoul'd have at least 120 minutes at least covering
important Epocs need more depths offering more times and
Even covering all superficial areas, it take more times.
My Review on this Nice title of B-25 Mitchell,just feeling
of Fragmantatios with more hungers and thirstties.....
Anyway,B-25's 1st Devuet was Col.Doolittle's Supplised"Tokyo Raid"
suicidal,"One-Way-Ticket" attack first trial of Land-Based, Army
meduum bomber from Carrier USS Hornet.According to Japanese news,
Japanesse Militay Premier flight passed olive colored funny aircraft,
and supprised with Tokyo,Mainland bombing by American B-25 !
Later Adm.Yammamoto hurried Battle of Coral Sea and Battle of Midway !
Name of Mitchell comes from Col."Billy"Mitchellwho was accused to military
Court- Marshallin ip30,due to his claim of more stronger US Air Power and
high altitued stratgic bombings. B-25C/D IS Almost same Typeand mainly used lend- leased bombers to RAF,USSR. and were used Burma,African Korp,
Mediteerrahean and Italian Campain,Pre-D-Day bombing of N.France,
D-Day bombing at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach,Carpet bombing of heavy mined
Beach-head before landing of S.France.Bombing Mote Cassino,Italy,
Bombing V-1"Doodleburg"site in Pas De Calais,From B-25G equppied with
75mm Fieldgun at nose,started by USAF.b-25H had lighter 1X 75mm,12X12.7mm
machine guns, 8-Rockets and Bombs. B-25J:14x12.7mm machine guns(H,J,Type
were mainly used in Pacific Theaters.Droping Parachute bombing Technique
were used for avoiding damage from bomb itself.especially Rabaul.
Speccially PBJ(incuding C,D,H Types) support for Marine's Island-Hopping
Operations. B-25 had used from 1941~1945 to V/J Days. from USAF/N/Marine,
Britain,USSR,China,Australia,,Canada,France and Netherland.
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