... Eglin AFB, 1 March 1942 One by one, twenty-four crews of the future Raid on Tokyo begin to ask Eglin Air Force Base, in sunny Florida.
all belonging to the 17th Bombardment Group and performing until then very monotonous patrol anti-submarine, they all volunteered to mid-February for a "special mission" which they know nothing otherwise it will be "very dangerous".
But before descending on Eglin, each crew of five men went through Minneapolis, to take possession of a B-25B the alteration most visible - the addition of many extra tanks - left at least some prospect that the actual mission will be a long range.
Twenty-four aircraft, and now a hundred and twenty men in total, which for several days, and in the utmost secrecy, will be subjected to intensive training, makes night flights at low altitude penetrations , navigating over the ocean and, of course, all takeoffs and pitched in a few tens of meters, at the extreme possibilities of the engine and airframe,
It was during one of these takeoff tests that will be born a B-25 called to enter the legend
For now, he wears only the registration number 02261 , but everyone will soon be known by his nickname "lame duck"
But before descending on Eglin, each crew of five men went through Minneapolis, to take possession of a B-25B the alteration most visible - the addition of many extra tanks - left at least some prospect that the actual mission will be a long range.
Twenty-four aircraft, and now a hundred and twenty men in total, which for several days, and in the utmost secrecy, will be subjected to intensive training, makes night flights at low altitude penetrations , navigating over the ocean and, of course, all takeoffs and pitched in a few tens of meters, at the extreme possibilities of the engine and airframe, It was during one of these takeoff tests that will be born a B-25 called to enter the legend
For now, he wears only the registration number 02261 , but everyone will soon be known by his nickname "lame duck"
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