B-25 MITCHELL/44-29465
Serial #: 44-29465
Construction #:
108-33790
Civil Registration:
N9115Z
N25GL
Construction #:
108-33790
Civil Registration:
N9115Z
N25GL
Model(s):
B-25J Mitchell
TB-25J Mitchell
Name: Guardian Of Freedom
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2019
B-25J Mitchell
TB-25J Mitchell
Name: Guardian Of Freedom
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2019
History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-29465.
Ernest Beckman, Battle Creek, MI, October 1959-1975.
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-29465.
- BOC: September 27, 1944.
- SOC: January 1959.
- Assigned to the 2144th Base Unit, Moody AFB, GA, for storage, September 27, 1944.
- Transferred to the 4103rd BU, Jackson Field, MS, October 19, 1944.
- Transferred to the 2109th BU, Turner AFB, GA, April 25, 1945
- Converted to TB-25J.
- Used for pilot training.
- Transferred to the 2537th BU, Perrin AFB, TX, for storage, June 5, 1946.
- Transferred to the 2518th BU, Vance AFB, OK, September 9, 1946.
- Used for pilot training.
- Transferred to the 2621st BU, Barksdale AFB, LA, November 30, 1946.
- Used for pilot training.
- Transferred to the USAF, September 18, 1947.
- Transferred to the 3500th Pilot Training Wing, Barksdale, LA, August 28, 1948.
- Transferred to the 3575th Pilot Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK, June 24, 1949.
- Transferred to the 3565th Basic Training Wing, James Connally AFB, TX, October 11, 1949.
- Used for technical crew training.
- Sent to Brookley AFB, AL for maintenance, November 1951 to April 1952.
- Transferred to the 363rd Reconnaissance Training Wing, Shaw AFB, SC, April 8, 1954.
- Suffered hydraulic line failure in flight and a C-47 lowered tools and equipment via rope through a window in the nose, which the crew had broken out, and the crew repaired the line to allow the landing gear to operate, May 11, 1954.
- Transferred to the 1st Weather Group, Offutt AFB, NE, August 21, 1954.
- Sent to Hayes Aircraft in Birmingham, AL, December 1954 to March 1955.
- Converted to TB-25N.
- Transferred to the 1st Weather Group, Offutt AFB, NE, 1955.
- Transferred to the 3rd Weather Wing, Offutt AFB, NE, August 31, 1958.
- Stored, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, August 1958-1959.
Ernest Beckman, Battle Creek, MI, October 1959-1975.
- Registered as N3523G.
- Open Storage, 1965-1975.
- Registered as N25GL, February 1986.
- Flown as 429465/Guardian Of Freedom.
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-5th Edition, 2008.
Federal Aviation Administration
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-5th Edition, 2008.
Federal Aviation Administration
Photo Source(s):
Mark Rittenger.
Mike Henniger.
Dan Heller
Research Assistance:
Glenn Chatfield
Mark Rittenger.
Mike Henniger.
Dan Heller
Research Assistance:
Glenn Chatfield
