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B-25 MITCHELL/43-36074

History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 43-36074.

• BOC: February 16, 1945.
• Transferred to Garden City Army Air Field, KS, for storage.
• Transferred to the 4168th Base Unit, South Plains AAF, TX, for storage, April 8, 1945.
• Transferred to the 4168th Base Unit, Pyote AAF, TX, for storage, July 3, 1947.
• Transferred to the United States Air Force, September 18, 1947.
• Redesignated TB-25J, circa 1945.
• Transferred to the 3575th Pilot Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK, November 24, 1948.
• Used to pilot training.
• Transferred to the 3565 Basic Training Wing, John Connally AFB, TX, December 18, 1952.
• Used for navigator and bombardier training.
• Transferred to the 102nd Radar Calibration Flight, New York Air National Guard, Westchester, NY, March 1954.
• Used to test airborne radar systems and train personnel in their use for Air Defense Command fighters.
• Converted to TB-25N, April 1955.
• Transferred to the 137th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ANG), Charleston AFB, SC, circa 1958.
• Transferred to the 115th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ANG), Van Nuys, CA, February 15, 1957.
• Transferred to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, to be stored with the Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch, May 1958.

Donaire Inc, Phoenix, AZ, 1963.

• Registered as N9079Z.
• Converted for fire fighting.
• Flew as tanker #32.

Hubert H. Clemens, Indiantown, FL, March 1966.
Clements & Howe Aviation, Indiantown, FL, 1969-1972.

• Used for spraying citrus crops.

SST Aviation Museum, Kissimee, FL, 1973-1982.
- Displayed as 430734.
BOM Corporation, Wichita Falls, TX, 1982-1990.
- Rebuilt at Kissimee, FL.
- First flight March 1986.
- Flown as 430734/Panchito.
- Damaged on landing Wichita Falls, TX, September 19, 1988.
-- Repaired.
Richard F. Korff, Lewiston, NY, 1991-1999.
Aero Classics Inc, Lewiston, NY, May 1992.
Rag Wings & Radials Aircraft Leasing LLC, Wilmington, DE, 1999-2020.

• Operated by the Delaware Aviation Museum, Georgetown, DE, circa 2011.

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Note: FAA changed id from 43-36074 to 44-30734 in 1972.

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