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B-25 MITCHELL/44-30129



Serial #: 44-30129
Construction #:
  108-33404
Civil Registry:
  N7947C
  Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  TB-25J Mitchell
  TB-25K Mitchell
Name: Wild Cargo
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2013

History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-30129, 19??.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, December 1957-1958.
P.J. Murray, Oxnard, CA, June 16, 1958.
- Registered as N7947C.
American Investments Syndicate, La Mesa, CA, September 1958-1961.
C.C. Wilson, San Diego, CA, November 1961-1963.
Aero Enterprises, Elhart, IN, January, 1963.
Arthur Jones, Skidell, LA, January 1963-1964.
- Painted with name Wild Cargo.
-- Used to carry snakes and Alligators for an animal farm.
- Damaged during gear up landing, Cincinatti-Lunken, OH, February 1963.
Cincinatti Aircraft Inc, Cincinatti, OH, 1963.
Walter Soplata Collection, Newbury, OH, September 1964-1990.
- Saved from scrapping.
- Trucked to Newbury, OH.
- Open storage.
Steven A. Detch, Alpharetta, GA, December 1990-1997.
Gerald Yagen/Training Services Inc, Suffolk, VA, December 1997-2013.
- Restored to airworthy, Woodstock, GA, 2000-2006.
- First flight November 19, 2005.
- Flown as 430129/Wild Cargo.

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):
Steve Tournay via Mike Henniger.

Research Assistance:

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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.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2002.
Photo Source(s):
Steve Tournay via Mike Henniger.

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