Thunder Rolls as a Rare Gathering of B-25 Mitchell Bombers Shakes the Ground
From our friends at AirshowStuff comes this awesome B-25 video! The 2021 Thunder Over Michigan airshow hosted an impressive gathering of North American B-25 Mitchell bombers. Fourteen B-25s attended the show. This video combines footage from the Saturday afternoon and Sunday shows, when 13 B-25s started in unison, ran their engines up together, then took off for low solo flybys. After the flybys, eight of the B-25s joined together for a formation flyover before landing. The video was uploaded to YouTube by AirshowStuffVideos.
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A Michigan Tradition
The Thunder Over Michigan airshow is held annually at Willow Run airport near Detroit, Michigan as a fundraiser for the Yankee Air Museum. The 2021 show also hosted both the US Navy Blue Angels and the USAF Thunderbirds at the same very memorable event!
The Stars
North American B-25D-35-NC Mitchell 43-3634 “Rosie’s Reply” (completed 15 December 1943) – Yankee Air Museum.
North American B-25J-35-NC Mitchell 45-8898 “Yankee Doodle” (completed 29 October 1945) – Tri-State Warbird Museum.
North American B-25J-25-NC Mitchell 44-30832 “Take-Off Time” (completed 1 March 1945) – Tom Duffy.
North American B-25J-10-NC Mitchell 43-35972 “Maid in the Shade” (completed 8 June 1944) – Commemorative Air Force (Air Base Arizona).
North American B-25J-15-NC Mitchell 44-28866 “Champaign Gal” (completed 25 July 1944) – Champaign Aviation Museum.
More Stars
North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell 44-30988 (PBJ-1J BuNo 35857) “Semper Fi” (completed 20 March 1945) – Commemorative Air Force (Southern California Wing).
North American B-25J-25-NC Mitchell 44-30129 “Wild Cargo” (completed 14 December 1944) – Military Aviation Museum.
North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell 44-86777 “Georgie’s Gal” (completed 29 June 1945) – Liberty Aviation Museum.
North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell 44-86758 “Devil Dog” (completed 26 June 1945) – Commemorative Air Force (Devil Dog Squadron- Texas).
North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell 44-31385 “Show Me!” (completed 7 June 1945) – Commemorative Air Force (Missouri Wing).
Co-starring
North American B-25J-20-NC Mitchell 44-29869 “Miss Mitchell” (completed 9 November 1944) – Commemorative Air Force (Minnesota Wing).
North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell 44-86697 “Killer B” (completed 14 June 1945) – Tom Reilly.
North American B-25J-35-NC Mitchell 45-8884 “Lady Luck” (completed 14 October 1945) – Lady Luck LLC.
North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell 44-86785 “Georgia Mae” (completed 2 July 1945) – Wiley Sanders. (Unfortunately Georgia Mae had a mechanical issue after the Saturday morning show and remained grounded for the rest of the weekend).
