Loading extra fuel tanks into B-25's
B-25 bombers could be loaded with extra internal fuel tanks for long-range missions.
B-25's were the aircraft used in Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and took off from the carrier Hornet. The mission was the first combat mission the US Navy and the US Air Force teamed up in a full-scale operation against the enemy. Also, Jimmy Doolittle and his Raiders were the first to fly land-based bombers from the deck of a carrier deck on a combat mission.
National Museum of the US Air Force
Dayton, OH
Loading extra fuel tanks into B-25's
B-25 bombers could be loaded with extra internal fuel tanks for long-range missions.
B-25's were the aircraft used in Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and took off from the carrier Hornet. The mission was the first combat mission the US Navy and the US Air Force teamed up in a full-scale operation against the enemy. Also, Jimmy Doolittle and his Raiders were the first to fly land-based bombers from the deck of a carrier deck on a combat mission.
National Museum of the US Air Force
Dayton, OH