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B-25 MITCHELL/44-30861



Serial #: 44-30861
Construction #:
  108-34136
Civil Registry:
  N9089Z
  G-BKXW
  Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  TB-25J Mitchell
  VB-25J Mitchell
  VB-25N Mitchell
Status: Stored
Last Info: 2008

History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-30861, 19??.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, December 1958-1959.
American Compressed Steel Corp/Aero American Corp, Cincinatti, OH, December 1959-1963.
- Registered as N9089Z.
- Delivered to UK for movies The War Lover & 633 Squadron.
-- Flew as "RAF/N908/MOVIEMAKER II".
Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ, July 1963.
Aero Associates Inc, Tucson, AZ, July 1963-1969.
- Withdrawn from use, open storage, Biggin Hill, UK, 1964-1966.
Malcolm D.N. Fisher/Historical Aircraft Preservation Society, Biggin Hill, 1966-1967.
Tony Osborne/British Historic Aircraft Museum, Southend, July 1967-1983.
- Arrived by road, July 19, 1967.
- Displayed as HD368/VO-A.
John Hawke/Visionair International, London, May 10, 1983.
Aces High Ltd, Duxford, 1984-1987.
- Registration G-BKXW.
- Displayed as HD368/VO-A
Aces High Ltd, North Weald, October 1987-1989.
- Arrived dismantled.
- Static display as 430861/Bedsheet Bomber.
The Fighter Collection, Duxford, 1989-2006.
- Stored, North Weald, 1989-2002.
- Used as parts source.
- Last flight, 1964.
Barry Parkhouse, Wycombe Air Park, Booker, UK, 2006-2008.
- Transported by truck to Wycombe Air Park, May 2006.
- Stored pending restoration for static display.

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.
Photo Source(s):
Ralph M. Pettersen / www.conniesurvivors.com via Airliners.Net.

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