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This is one of the B-25 Mitchells that escorted the Japanese
Betty Bombers to the island of Ie Shima for the Surrender of Japan.

The first planes to meet the Japanese Surrender Delegation's airplanes
were the P-38 Lightnings, then the B-25 Mitchells joined in to
escort the Japanese to safety.

It's interesting, the Japanese Betty Bombers were afraid of
Japanese Zeros trying to shoot them down.  That's right,
I didn't make a mistake in this writing.  The Japanese Generals
ordered the entire Japanese Air Force to shoot down the
Surrender delegation aircraft which were Betty Bombers
painted all white with green crosses on them.

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Not as Briefed Greening From the Doolittle Raid to a German Stalag. Greening. The author painted and wrote  this one-of-a-kind record of his WWII experiences. He was a B-25 Mitchell pilot in the famous Doolittle bombing raid over Tokyo in 1942. Later, Axis gunners shot down his plane  over Italy. Evading capture for more than six months, he wound up a German POW. But Doolittle's B17's safely brought out his logbook and art, making this new work  possible. 280 pgs. with the author's own art. 10 ½"x 9", hdbd.

Warpath Across the Pacific Hickey.  Massive history of the low-level B-25 strafers of the 345th Bomb Group in  WWII. 250,000 word text based on 400 interviews and all official sources follows the  'Air Apaches' from New Guinea to Japan. 627 laser-scanned B&W photos, many the  best ever in combat. Much on Japanese ships and aircraft. Color section of 53  photos, 48 profiles and 4 paintings. 13 maps and extensive appendices cover all  missions, casualties, plane histories, losses, and markings. 448 pgs. 8½"x 11", hdbd.

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