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B-25 MITCHELL/43-4030

Serial #: 43-4030
Construction #:
  108-24356
Civil Registration:
  N3339G

Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  CB-25J Mitchell
  VB-25J Mitchell
Name: Blonde Bomber
Status: Display
Last Info: 2019

History:
Built By North American Aviation at Kansas City, KS.
Delivered to United States Air Force as 43-4030.

• BOC: February 25, 1944.
• TOS (USAF): September 18, 1947.
• Ferried to Inglewood, CA for conversion to VB-25J.
• All guns and turrets removed.
• Bomb bay lowered to allow for sleeping bunk and aux. fuel tank.
• Aft section fitted with full-width table, seats and a walnut cabinet were installed.
• Windows were cut in the sides and the interior was insulated and covered in blue fabric over paneling.
• Commercial airline seats were obtained from Douglas Aircraft.
• In this configuration it could comfortably fit ten (including crew).
• Assigned as General Dwight D. Eisenhowers, VIP transport, May 1944-1945.
• Transferred to the 1100th Mission Support Group, Bolling Field, DC, circa August 1945.
• Redesignated CB-25J.
• Redesignated as VB-25J and assigned to the 1001st Air Base Wing, Andrews AFB, MD, 1950.
• Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, December 1958-1959.

Lanward Leasing Corp, El Paso, TX, April 22, 1959-1961.

• Registered as N3339G.

Southwest Air Rangers, El Paso, TX, May 1961-1962.
Perry Logan, Littleton, CO, July 1962.
Eldorado Corp, Dallas, TX, August 1962-1963.
Joseph C. Frazier, El Paso, TX, May 1963-1965.
Newell R. Hayes, El Paso, TX, July 1965-1970.

• Displayed at The Air Museum, Ontario, CA, 1966-1970.

Edward T. Maloney/The Air Museum, Ontario (later Chino), CA, October 1970-1978.
United States Air Force, March AFB, CA, 1984-1985.

• Displayed as 34030/Blonde Bomber.

South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellworth AFB, SD, 1984-2019.

• Displayed as 34030 & 44-39340.

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