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B-25 MITCHELL/44-31385
B-25 MITCHELL/44-31385
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Serial #: 44-31385
Construction #:
  108-37460
Civil Registration:
  N3481G
  N345TH
Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  TB-25J Mitchell
Name: Show Me
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2019
History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-31385.
  • BOC: June 11, 1945.
  • SOC: February 1959.
  • Assigned to Yuma Army Air Field, AZ, June 11, 1945.
  • Transferred to the 3010th Base Unit, Williams Army Air Field, AZ, June 14, 1945.
  • Transferred to the 3008th BU, Minther Army Air Field, CA, October 31, 1945.
  • Redesignated as a TB-25J, January 1946.
  • Transferred to the 2622nd BU Mather Army Air Field, CA, January 31, 1946
    • Used for navigator training.
  • Transferred to the USAF, September 18, 1947.
  • Transferred to the 3535th Basic Training Wing, Mather AAF, CA, August 28, 1948.
  • Transferred to Hayes Aircraft in Birmingham, AL, October 17, 1957.
    • Converted to TB-25N.
  • Returned to the 3535th Basic Training Wing, Mather AAF, CA, December 15, 1957.
  • Transferred to the 809th Air Base Group, McDill AFB, FL, February 21, 1958.
    • Used as both a pilot and navigator trainer.
  • Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, August 1958-1959.
Ray Karrels, Fort Washington, WI, May 21, 1959.
  • Registered as N3481G.
Ray Karrels/Grafton Insurance Inc, Grafton, WI, August 1959-1963.
Northwest Development Corp, Kohler, WI, October 1963-1964.
John C. Lowe, Riverside, IL, November 1965-1966.
Jack Rhoades, Seymour, IL, January 1966-1983.
  • Damaged on ground by windstorm, Seymour, IN, 1969.
  • Withdrawn from use, open storage, Seymour, IN, 1969-1975.
  • Restored to airworthy, 1975.
  • Flying by 1976.
Air Classics, Inc, St. Charles, MO, March 1983-1985.
CAF/Missouri Wing, Portage Des Sioux, MO, October 1985-2019.
  • Damaged when aircraft strick truck while taxying, Acton, IL, September 30, 2006.
  • Flown as Show Me/1361.
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.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner
Glenn Chatfield
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