Yankee Raider B-25
by Don Struke
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Yankee Raider B-25
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Don Struke
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Photograph - Digital Photo
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One of the most successful medium bombers of WW II, the Mitchell B-25 is represented well by the beautiful Yankee Raider, a B-25D-35 built in 1943. It was transferred to the RAF 10/44 and used in Canada for training. After WW II it was sold on the commercial market, with the first U.S. buyer acquiring it in 1969. Back in 1946 or so you could buy a B-25 for around $8,000. Before you think that's some bargain, in today's dollars it's about $95,000. For that money, you got a 275-mph, 1,500 hp, 2700-mile range airplane that can carry 15,000 pounds of luggage. (But gulping about 125 gallons of fuel per hour at about $5.70 per gallon in June 2011 prices.) It's worth mentioning that in 1946, Paul Mantz bought 475 surplus military aircraft, including 10 B-25s and more than 100 B-17s, for $55,425.68, an average of $116.68 per aircraft. I photographed "Yankee Raider" at the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Museum in Reading, Pa.
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April 3rd, 2011
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