The PV-1 bomber, which also bore four guns, flew successful missions throughout the war. North American B-25 Mitchell One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was also one ...

Each bomber also required 360,000 rivets — some one ... of war, Henry Stimson, told the president that the four-engine bomber had caused a "reversal of the strategy of the world." ...

While the Flying Fortress was eventually replaced by its B-29 successor, the bomber remains one of the most revered ... As detailed by the National World War II Museum, “The first B-17 raid ...