# ID this WWII (I think) era plane? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-wwii-i-think-era-plane/573509 "2011-03-04T19:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-wwii-i-think-era-plane/573509/1 "2011-03-04T19:21:23Z")
There’s a municipal airport (San Martin, CA) that I pass by on the highway often, and there’s been a pretty big aircraft parked there for several years, and I wonder what it is. I managed to dig up [this picture](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/6903947.jpg) of it, but no other information about it. Besides what you see, the plane also has what looks to me from a distance like a tail-gunner’s bubble in the back between the two vertical stabilizers. I’m guessing a WWII bomber of some sort? Anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-wwii-i-think-era-plane/573509/2 "2011-03-04T19:29:10Z")
> **[North American B-25 Mitchell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-25_Mitchell)** > > The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theater of World War II, and after the war ended, many remained in service, operating across four decades. Produced in numerous variants, nearly 10,000 B-25s were built, It was the most-produced American medium bomber and the third most-produced Th... ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-wwii-i-think-era-plane/573509/3 "2011-03-04T19:29:32Z")
I initially thought it was a [B-24 Liberator](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-24_Liberator), but it seems to only have two engines not four. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-wwii-i-think-era-plane/573509/4 "2011-03-04T19:48:35Z")
2007 article from the Morgan Hill Times: [Helping History Soar](http://www.morganhilltimes.com/printer/article.asp?c=229371) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-wwii-i-think-era-plane/573509/5 "2011-03-04T19:52:03Z")
Wow, awesome, thanks!! You guys rock!