The Snapshots in Time Collection
North American B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber in Flight, Tail Number 265199
This photograph depicts a North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber in flight above a cloud layer, its twin engines and distinctive twin-tail silhouette clearly visible. The B-25 became one of the most recognizable American aircraft of World War II, employed in roles ranging from low-level strafing and skip-bombing to the famous 1942 Doolittle Raid on Japan. The aircraft shown here, marked with the postwar-style U.S. national insignia and a partially visible tail number, appears to be photographed during a routine training or test flight over U.S. territory rather than in combat. Project: 218195