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B-25 MITCHELL/44-86758



           
Serial #: 44-86758
Construction #:
  108-47512
Civil Registration:
  N9643C
  Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
Name: Devil Dog
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2015

History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-86758, 19??.
- BOC: June 26, 1945.
- Transferred into storage at Independence Army Air Field, MO, June 26, 1945.
- Transferred into storage at Pyote AAF, TX, September 1945.
- Transferred to United States Air Force, September 18, 1947.
- Transferred to Hughes Aircraft for conversion to TB-25K radar trainer, June 1951.
- Assigned to James Connally AFB, TX.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, December 1957-1958.
Arrow Sales Co, North Hollywood, CA, April 24, 1958.
- Registered as N9643C.
H.H. Coffield/Rockdale Flying Service, Rockdale, TX, August 1958-1976.
Vernon E. Thorpe & Walter A. Wootoon/Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, February 1976-1978.
E.W. Broyles & Lou Hilton/Confederate AF/Three Point Aviation, Belton, MO, February 1978-1980.
Confederate Air Force, Harlingen (later Midland), TX, November 5, 1980-2001.
- Restored, Rockdale, TX, 1976-1980.
- Final restoration, Harlingen, TX.
- First flight, Harlingen, July 1981.
- Damaged during landing after main gear collapsed at Lancaster, TX, November 2001.
Commemorative Air Force/Devil Dog Squadron, Midland, TX, 2002-2015.
- Flown as USMC PB-1J/Devil Dog.

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
Zane Adams

Research Assistance:
Glenn Chatfield

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