B-25 Mitchell Bomber Flight, Boeing Field 2007

Our flight on the Collings Foundation B-25 WWII bomber Tondelayo. 24 June 2007. We flew low over Seattle, Bremerton, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Dale Ireland

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[Alex090]

What I wouldt give to just sit in one of the Boieng WWII bomber planes..

[drdale1]

@Alex090

They tour the country every year. You can climb all over them for 5 bucks. Check The Collings Foundation for the schedule. 

[rabidscorpio]

My grandfather was the pilot of one, the "Lazy Daisy Mae", that crashed (killing all on board) in the Philippines on the way to support the landings on Luzon, it's fascinating to see what he flew and especially what it was like inside.

[drdale1]

That is interesting. My Dad was in the first wave of those landings, at Lingyuan Gulf. Then the battle for Manila, after which he was shot but survived. He wanted to be a B25 pilot but the Army had different ideas.

[nemephis]

Wow what a cool vid this is! Great to see the interior too.

[drdale1]

Thanks, it is amazing how cramped it is inside. You need to be small and wirey. To get tot eh back you have to crawl through that little space above the bomb bay and to get to the nose you have to push feet-first through that little tunnel about the width of an MRI machine. You would be miserable if you are large or tall.

[busterbone]

God Bless the WWII Veterans, particularly my Grandfather who was a radio operator on a B-25 in the South Pacific in 1943-1944.

[fjbutch]

sounds absolutely beautiful!

[WolfKotenberg]

I watched him arrive. His call sign was " north american ". It was cool, I had a radio. The tower had an exchange with him about where to fly the downwind.

[edgecityfilms]

My Grandfather was a B-25 mechanic in late WWII, great to see this!

[BlackWiiOwner2010]

Thanks for sharing the B25 video. Its awesome! I wish I could see Tondelayo in person.

[billace90]

Great video. It is my understanding that this aircraft served in New Guinea in 44-45, belonging to the 345 BG. What a magnificent piece of machinery. God bless all pilots and crews and thanks for their service.

[xazoulini1]

why are girls pics only?

[drdale1]

No the are disabled. The internal parts are gone and the cases are fixed shut, maybe welded. Everything on the plane is fixed so that nothing can be pryed off and carried away by all the people who tour the plane.

[TAMARLANE]

On emergency leave in 1955 while in the Navy stationed in Long Beach, Ca. I got a hop on a B-25 from Norton AFB in San Bernardino to Tinker field in Okla City. It was at night when we finally landed at Tinker. Me and one other serviceman, an Air Force enlisted were in the back. It was cold, really cold and noisy , really noisy. About 45 minutes out from Tinker we had an engine fire. One engine was feathered and someone came through the tunnel to us in the back and told us we may have to parach.

[GamerX29]

My father was a flight engineer with this Squadron. It was the 500th sq of the 345th Bomb Group. He took pictures (black snd white) of the original Tondelayo that I have. This plan had a heck of a record. Try to look it up if you can. From what I understand...with one engine shot out the top turrent gunner was credited with shooting down 4 Zeroes that attacked them. I think the mission was Rabul!