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Constructed as a B-25J-20-NC by North American at Kansas City, Kansas, USA. |
10 November 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-29869. |
13 November 1944 |
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Transferred to 560th Base Unit, Palm Springs Army Air Field, CA.
Used for proficiency flying and crew training. |
13 November 1944 |
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Redesignated as TB-25J. |
28 January 1946 |
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Assigned to 4168th Base Unit, South Plains Army Air Field, TX for storage. |
29 May 1946 |
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Transferred to 304th Base Unit, Langley Field, VA.
Used for administrative purposes by the base command. |
21 August 1946 |
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Transferred to 75th Base Unit, Langley Field, VA.
Used for administrative purposes by the base command. |
11 June 1947 |
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Assigned to 4141st Base Unit, Pyote Army Air Base, TX for storage. |
18 September 1947 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-29869. |
6 December 1950 |
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Assigned to 2753rd Air Storage Squadron, Pyote AFB, TX for storage. |
14 November 1951 |
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Transferred to Brookley AFB, AL.
For maintenance. |
From 3 February 1952 to 3 September 1952 |
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Loaned to Hughes Aircraft, Culver, CA. |
From February 1952 to September 1952 |
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Converted to a TB-25K.
Conversion included modifications to accept radar sets, electronics, and a nose cone for the E-1 fire control radar system as well as updated wiring and systems. |
From 4 September 1952 to December 1957 |
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Returned from loan to 3565th Training wing, James Connally AFB, TX.
Used to train radar and target intercept crewmen. |
From 17 November 1954 to 20 February 1955 |
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To Birmingham, AL, for maintenance. |
December 1957 |
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Assigned to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage. |
April 1958 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force. |
1 October 1958 |
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To Lysdale Flying Service, Saint. Paul, MN with new c/r N3160G. |
From 1963 to 1970 |
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Withdrawn from use.
Stored unconverted at Anoka, MN. |
June 1970 |
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To Robert Kundel, Rice Lake WI with new c/r N3160G.
Delivered to Rice Lake in 1970. |
December 1978 |
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To Harvard Corp/Confederate AF, Minneapolis MN keeping c/r N3160G. |
1979 |
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Ferry flight.
From Rice Lake to St.Paul-Fleming Field MN. |
1979 |
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Restoration started. |
13 August 1979 |
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To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen TX keeping c/r N3160G. |
May 1991 |
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To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen/Midland TX with new c/r N27493. |
6 September 1991 |
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To American Airpower Heritage FLG Musm, Midland, TX keeping c/r N27493. |
1993 |
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Restoration completed.
Restoration completed at Fleming Field MN. |
16 April 1993 |
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First post-restoration Flight. |
9 October 1993 |
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Photographer: eLaReF
Notes: At the Confederate Air Force Air Show at Midland, Texas |
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Markings Applied: Miss Mitchell, 27493
Marked as B-25J of the 310th Bomb Group, 380th Bomb Squadron during 1944-45 in the Mediterranean. |
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In the inventory of Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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Based at Commemorative Air Force-Minnesota Wing, South Saint Paul Municipal Airport/Flemming Field, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
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2 June 1999 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NL27493 (B-25J, 44-29869) issued. |
1 January 2002 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NL27493 (B-25J, 44-29869) issued. |
17 April 2012 |
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Photographer: Jeff Fisher / US Air Force Museum Website (Public Domain)
Notes: 2012 photo at the National Museum, Dayton, OH on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary Reunion of the Doolittle Raiders - this aircraft was just one of 20 B-25s to attend the reunion |
23 August 2014 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Waterloo, IA |
23 August 2014 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Waterloo, IA |
23 August 2014 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Waterloo, IA |
24 August 2015 |
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To American Airpower Heritage FLG Musm, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N27493. |
25 July 2017 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: at 2017 AirVenture at Oshkosh |
24 June 2023 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA |
25 July 2023 |
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Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: Miss Mitchell nose art on B-25 N27493 at Oshkosh, WI |
23 July 2024 |
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Photographer: Michal Krsek
Notes: EAA Air Venture 2024 |
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