Airplane USAF B-25B Bomber Mitchell Tokyo Doolittle Raider 15,75" Model Aircraft The B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. The B-25 first gained fame as the bomber used in the 18 April 1942 Doolittle Raid, in which 16 B-25Bs led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle attacked mainland Japan, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This specific B-25 is painted as "Briefing Time", a B-25 used by the 489th Bomb Squadron, 57th Bomb Wing, 340th Bomb Group of the 12th Air Force; "Briefing Time" served in the Italian campaign
