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B-25 MITCHELL/44-29869

       

Serial #: 44-29869
Construction #:
  108-33144
Civil Registration:
  N3160G
  N27493

Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  TB-25J Mitchell
  TB-25K Mitchell
Name: Miss Mitchell
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019

History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-26869.

• BOC: November 10, 1944.
• SOC: April 1958.
• Assigned to the 560th Base Unit at Palm Springs AAF, CA, November 13, 1944.
• Redesignated as TB-25J.
• Used for proficiency flying and crew training.
• Placed in storage with the 4168th BU at South Plains AAF, TX, January 28, 1946.
• Transferred to the 304th BU, Langley Field, VA, May 29, 1946.
• Used for administrative purposes by the base command.
• Transferred to the 75th BU, Langlet Field, VA, August 21, 1946.
• Transferred into storage at Peyote AFB, TX with the 4141st BU, June 11, 1947.
• Transferred to the USAF, September, 18, 1947.
• Transferred to the 2753rd Air Storage Squadron at Peyote AFB, TX, December 6, 1950.
• Transferred to the Hughes Aircraft, Culver, CA, Febriuary 3, 1952.
• Converted to TB-25K.
• Modified to accept radar sets, electronics, and a nose cone for the E-1 fire control radar system as well as updated wiring and systems.
• Transferred to the 3565th Training Wing, James Connally AFB, TX, September 4, 1952.
• Used to train radar and target intercept crewmen for Air Defense Command.
• Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, December 1957-1958.

Lysdale Flying Service, St. Paul, MN, October 1958-1970.

• Registered as N3160G.
• Stored, unconverted, Anoka, MN, 1963-1970.

Robert Kundel, Rice Lake, WI, June 1970-1978.

• Stored.

Harvard Corp/Confederate AF, Minneapolis, MN, December 1978
Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, August 13, 1979-1991
Confederate Air Force, Midland, TX, June 1991.

• Long term restoration to fly.

CAF/Minnesota Wing, St. Paul, MN, May 1991-2019.

• Restoration complete, Fleming Field, MN.
• First flight, April 18, 1992.
• Registered as N27493.
• Flown as Miss Mitchell.

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