B-25J  MITCHELL

Aurora,  1/32nd scale

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Building
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Views from aside
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Views from above
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Comments
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The finished 1/32nd scale model and the Aurora boxart as background.
 

Possibly the best medium bomber of WWII, the B-25 Mitchell is mostly reknown for the famous Tokio raid of 1942.

However, this medium bomber was much effective in every theatre of operations, including MTO.

This model reproduces a B-25J based at Falconara, near Ancona, in Italy, just at the V.E. (May 1945).
It belongs to the:

as indicated by the number 50.
 

I was lucky enough to find this beautiful pic over the Internet,

and I soon undertood that this pic and most of the other ones available in the site were all taken at Falconara, most likely at the end of the war by an unknown airman who wanted a souvenir of Group's aircraft.

Fortunately, Mr. Donique Taddei, author of the book "USS CORSICA" which I highly reccomend, kindly provided these 2 other pics of the same aircraft, which helped much into building and finishing the model.

This other pic shows "Ave Maria", of the same BG, and the overall weathering of the dark drab finish is evident.

My late father, who was 14 in 1945, used to tell me about the military aircraft that he saw flying off and in Falconara's airfield. He has always had a special feeling for the B-25 and I was astonished and so much happy of having found these pics that at last allow me to build an accurate model of one of the very aircraft he saw.

It took me about 250 hour spread over a 6 months period to build this model, but I really think this is a 'must do', a belated tribute to the man who taught me the art of modelling and made me love military aviation.

Special thanks to Michele Magi, owner of the digital camera I used to take most of the pics, to Dominique Taddei for the info he provided, to David Reinecke and Sam Uberman who provided the two propellers and  to my wallet for the more or less $500 spent for this model!!

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Luca Pennacchietti    pennacondor@hotmail.com