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B-25 MITCHELL/44-86873



Serial #: 44-86873
Construction #:
  108-47627
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  TB-25K Mitchell
Status: Crashed
Last Info: 1982

History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-86873, 19??.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, December 1957-1958.
Arrow Sales Co, North Hollywood, CA, April 24, 1958.
- Registered as N9639C.
- Reregistered as N87Z, August 1958.
California Aircraft Engine Co, San Lorenzo, CA, November 1958-1959.
Kenneth Staley, Pleasant Hill, CA, March 1959-1960.
- Bombay modified for cargo transport, June 1959.
California Aircraft Engine Co, San Lorenzo, CA, December 1960-1968.
- Fuel tanks installed in bombay and waist are for aerial survey operations, February 1964.
Air Care Inc, Denver, CO, May 1968.
Midwest Seafoods Inc, Denver, CO, May 1968-1971.
Sky Aircraft Sales, Phoenix, AZ, August 1971-1972.
Global Aeronautical Museum, Phoenix, AZ, May 1972.
Marcelo R. Ortiz, Miami, FL, September 1972-1980 - Open storage, Tamiami, FL, 1980-1982.
James W. Wilson, Miami, FL, March 1980.
Santiago Perez, Miami, FL, April 1980.
Marcelo R. Ortiz, Miami, FL, May 1980-1982.
- Crashed during drug run, Long Island, Bahamas, August 2, 1982.

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.
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