It may sound like your fourth grade math teacher, but the only thing this “Miss Mitchell” adds up to is awesome.
This Saturday, the WWII B-25 Bomber, Miss Mitchell, will be on display at the Granite Falls Airport where it will be available to public for tours and rides.
The Minnesota Wing of the Commemorative Air Force was originally scheduled to bring the bomber to the area during the Ray Fagen Memorial Air Show held in June. While it may not have been present with the other aircraft at the event, the Miss Mitchell is a worthy attraction all its own.
The original "Miss Mitchell" served with the 12th Air Force, 57th Bomb Wing in Corsica, Sicily, and Italy during WWII where it flew over 135 missions with no serious injuries to her crew.
The bomber played a major role during the war. Its most notorious missions involved a 1941 flight by Jimmy Doolittle and his ‘Raiders’ and a 1944 outing piloted by Lt. Max Bell. Bell earned the Distinguished Flying Cross after a successful bombing raid on bridges of significance in Nazi-occupied Italy, while the daring raid by Jimmy Doolittle and his ‘Raiders’ that followed Pearl Harbor was depicted in the film “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.’
It took 12 years and dozens of volunteers to restore the aircraft to flying condition. The award-winning "Miss Mitchell" retook to the skies in 1992 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid.
The aircraft will be on display all day at the Granite Falls airport from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. There is no charge for the event, but for a $5.00 donation there will be aircraft tours available inside of Miss Mitchell where individuals will have the opportunity to sit in the pilot seat for a photo.
For those looking to experience a "History Flight," B-25 rides will be available to the public at a cost of $400 per seat, and are eligible as a 100 percent tax deductible donation. “Miss Mitchell" attire, including Hats, T-shirts, Bomber Jackets, B-25 Art Prints signed by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle will also be for sale.
All of the funds generated from the event help to maintain the aircraft and keep it in flying condition.
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It may sound like your fourth grade math teacher, but the only thing this “Miss Mitchell” adds up to is awesome.
This Saturday, the WWII B-25 Bomber, Miss Mitchell, will be on display at the Granite Falls Airport where it will be available to public for tours and rides.
The Minnesota Wing of the Commemorative Air Force was originally scheduled to bring the bomber to the area during the Ray Fagen Memorial Air Show held in June. While it may not have been present with the other aircraft at the event, the Miss Mitchell is a worthy attraction all its own.
The original "Miss Mitchell" served with the 12th Air Force, 57th Bomb Wing in Corsica, Sicily, and Italy during WWII where it flew over 135 missions with no serious injuries to her crew.
The bomber played a major role during the war. Its most notorious missions involved a 1941 flight by Jimmy Doolittle and his ‘Raiders’ and a 1944 outing piloted by Lt. Max Bell. Bell earned the Distinguished Flying Cross after a successful bombing raid on bridges of significance in Nazi-occupied Italy, while the daring raid by Jimmy Doolittle and his ‘Raiders’ that followed Pearl Harbor was depicted in the film “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.’
It took 12 years and dozens of volunteers to restore the aircraft to flying condition. The award-winning "Miss Mitchell" retook to the skies in 1992 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid.
The aircraft will be on display all day at the Granite Falls airport from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. There is no charge for the event, but for a $5.00 donation there will be aircraft tours available inside of Miss Mitchell where individuals will have the opportunity to sit in the pilot seat for a photo.
For those looking to experience a "History Flight," B-25 rides will be available to the public at a cost of $400 per seat, and are eligible as a 100 percent tax deductible donation. “Miss Mitchell" attire, including Hats, T-shirts, Bomber Jackets, B-25 Art Prints signed by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle will also be for sale.
All of the funds generated from the event help to maintain the aircraft and keep it in flying condition.
