B-25 Gunships in the Pacific: Lessons in the Innovation, Risk, and Failure

Abstract

The B-25J gunships evolution to a highly effective low-level strafer and bomber highlights the culture of innovation, risk, and learning from failure in the 5th Air Force during World War II. Like many other platforms during the war, the bomber was co-opted for duties other than what it was designed. The developmental speed and successes of the B-25 strafers are notable because the ingredients needed were in the right place at the right time, either serendipitously or intentionally.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 27, 2021
Accession Number
AD1144822

Entities

People

  • Brett A. Deangelis

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Assembly Lines
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Bombing
  • Bombs
  • Doctrine
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • Guns
  • Human Behavior
  • Learning
  • Machine Guns
  • Military Science
  • Second World War
  • Training
  • United States
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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