B-25C - MITCHELL
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CFS3 - V4.00.164

This aircraft was built by GregoryP using version 4.00.164 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process based on the initial work of Dan DEEDS Walter. 

The MS stock visual is used.

The plane was painted by Tom “Animal” Stovall to represent a generic early B-25C. The original templates of default aircraft from Microsoft CFS3 were also created by Tom.



"ARTMAG" provided the custom AvHistory B-25 cockpit with our logo behind the copilots seat.


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The B-25C was the first version of the Mitchell to be mass-produced. Following the completion of the initial B-25, B-25A, and B-25B contracts, a number of contracts were awarded to North American for 1625 B-25Cs to be built at its Inglewood factory. At the same time, an additional contract was issued for 2290 essentially identical B-25Ds, to be built at a new North American plant in Kansas City, Kansas.

The B-25C was outwardly almost identical to the B-25B. It introduced the R-2600-13 Double Cyclone engine with Holley 1685HA carburetors in place of the earlier Bendix Stromberg PD-13E-2 units. The Bendix carburetors were favored because of their easier maintenance, but they required more careful anti-icing procedures. De-icer and anti-icing systems were added, and a Stewart-Warner cabin heater was added in the left wing. A 24-volt electrical system was also added.

The armament of the B-25C was the same as that of the B-25B, namely a single 0.30-inch machine gun in the nose, two 0.50-inch machine guns in the dorsal turret, and two 0.50-inch machine guns in a retractable ventral turret. The ventral turret was often removed in the field.

The B-25C introduced a new type of tail skid underneath the extreme rear fuselage, a solid unit which replaced the spring-loaded tail skid of earlier versions. This type of tail skid was retained throughout the Mitchell production run.

The AvHistory version is a mutt of a B-25C.  There's a few minor items you should be aware of as far as historical details and model errors.

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