Stamp from Gambia's "60th Anniversary of D-Day" Commemorative Issue of May 3, 2004
(The aircraft is more commonly depicted on stamps with U.S.A.A.F. markings.)

The North American Mitchell B-25 was an all-purpose medium bomber, the prototype of which first flew on August 19, 1940. A total of 9,816 B-25s were built in the United States and they were used by the Dutch, British, Chinese, Russian and Australian, as well as American air forces.

According to his flight log, D.F. Grose made his first flight in a B-25 North American Mitchell on August 22, 1944 at 111 O.T.U. in the Bahamas. He logged 30 hours and 5 minutes of day flying and 8 hours and 35 minutes of night flying between that date and September 26, 1944. (His only other flying logged during that period was a 3 hour radar exercise in a Liberator on September 8.)

Sources

Grose, Douglas Fraser. Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot. Royal Canadian Air Force. 1943-1945.

"111 OTU Nassau, Island of New Providence, Bahamas ~ 1942-43." Pathfinder Craig. 6 Aug. 2023. Web. 31 Oct. 2024
    masterbombercraig.wordpress.com/raf-volunteer-reserve-40-41/111-otu-nassau-42-3/.

"North American B-25B Mitchell." National Museum of the United States Air Force. United States Air Force. nd.
    Web. 1 Nov. 2024. www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196310/
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Molson, K.M.. Canada's National Aviation Museum. Ottawa: National Museum of Science and Technology, 1988.

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