(8-18-26) It will be a special 9-11 celebration when Wapakoneta hosts O-G in a Western Buckeye League (WBL) football match-up.
Veterans will be honored and the night will be highlighted by a B-52 flyover, that donations paid for, during the national anthem.
Veterans will be admitted free and a special section of seats will be set aside.
The B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engine medium bomber used extensively during World War II.
- First flew: 1939
- Entered service: 1941
- Manufacturer: North American Aviation
- Named after: Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, an early advocate of U.S. military aviation
- Engines: 2 Wright R-2600 Cyclone radial engines
- Crew: Typically 5–6
- Length: About 53 feet
- Wingspan: About 68 feet
- Top speed: Roughly 275 mph
- Range: Around 1,350 miles, depending on configuration
- Armament: Multiple .50-caliber machine guns and bombs; later versions could carry additional forward-firing guns and rockets.
Most famous mission
The B-25 is bedt known for the Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942. Sixteen B-25s were launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet to attack targets in Japan. It was the first U.S. air raid on the Japanese home islands during World War II.
Unlike the B-52, the B-25 was a much smaller propeller-driven bomber, designed to operate from land bases and, in the extraordinary case of the Doolittle Raid, from an aircraft carrier.
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