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B-25 MITCHELL/44-30925



Serial #: 44-30925
Construction #:
  108-34200
Civil Registry:
  N9494Z
  G-BWGR
  Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  TB-25N Mitchell
Status: Stored
Last Info: 2011

History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-30925, 19??.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, August 1958-1960.
National Metals Co, Phoenix, AZ, 1960.
- Registered as N9494Z.
John Carter & Will Baptist, Sacramento, CA, July 1960-1964.
Empco-Aire, Lakeview, OR, August 1964-1966.
Virgil W. Ellis, Boulder, CO, March 1966.
John C. Estes, Beaumont, TX, April 1966-1968.
Filmways Inc, Hollywood, CA, December 1968-1970.
- Flew in movie Catch-22 as Laden Maiden, 1968-1969.
Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, February 1970-1972.
Wayne Turner/Michael Zahn, Lubbock, TX, February 1972-1975.
John J. Stokes, San Marcos, TX, September 1975-1978.
- Flew as 430925/61/Laden Maiden.
John Hawke/Visionair International Inc, Miami, FL, April 1978-1995.
- Arrived in Luton, UK, May 11, 1978.
- Used in movie "Hannover Street".
-- Flew as 151632/Georgeous George-Ann - Repainted as Thar She Blows for movie "Eye Of the Needle", 1980.
- Stored Blackbushe after filming, 1978-1982.
- Trucked from Blackbushe to Wellesbourne Mountford, October 1982.
- Trucked to Coventry, and stored, 1985-1994.
World Wide Aircraft Ltd, August 1995.
Removed from USCR, August 14, 1995.
Aces High Ltd, North Weald, August 18, 1995-1998.
- Registered as G-BWGR.
- Stored, dismantled.
David Copley/Imperial Aviation Group, North Coutes (later Sandtoft), UK, 1998-2005.
- Stored pending restoration to airworthy, Sandtoft, 2001.
Brussels Air Museum Foundation, Belgium, 2005-2011.
- Stored pending planned restoration.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013.
Photo Source(s):
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Research Assistance:
Willy Henderickx.

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