Restored bomber on display
SLP2002040602- BRIDGETON, Mo., April 6 (UPI) -- An American Airlines flight departs Lambert-St. Louis International Airport as the 1945 B-25 Mitchell bomber dubbed the Axis Nightmare sits on display near the airport in Bridgeton, Mo., April 6, 2002. The aircraft, used as a trainer in World War II, is on its way to South Carolina to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the April 18, 1945, mission to bomb Japan and land in China by Lt. Col. James Doolittle. 24 of the medium World War II bombers participated in that raid. rlw/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI
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