Manufacturer: North American Aviation
First Flight: 19th August 1940
Classification: Medium Range Bomber

SPECIFICATIONS: B-25B - Doolittle Raid Configuration
Span: 67 ft. 7 in. (20.6 m)
Length: 52 ft. 11 in. (16.1 m)
Height: 15 ft. 9 in. (4.8 m)
Weight Empty: 20,000 pounds (9,072 kilos)
Weight loaded: 28,460 lbs. (12,910 kilos)
Armament: One .30-cal. and four .50-cal. machine guns (or five .50-cal. mgs); 5,000 lbs. (2,268 kg) of bombs

Engines: Two Wright R-2600-9 turbo-supercharged radials of 1,700 hp. each (take-off power)

Crew: Five

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 300 mph (483 km/h) at 15,000 ft. (4,572 meters)
Cruising speed: 230 mph (370 km/h)
Range: 1,200 miles (1,931 km)
In excess of 3,000 miles (4,828 km), using droppable tanks

Service Ceiling: 25,000 ft. (7,620 m)
Cost: $96,000 ($1.5 million today)

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