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B-25 MITCHELL/44-86797
B-25 MITCHELL/44-86797
Serial #: 44-86797
Construction #:
  108-47551
Civil Registration:
  N3438G
Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  TB-25J Mitchell
Name: Ol Grey Mare
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-86797, 19??.
  • BOC: July 6, 1945.
  • Assigned to Yuma Army Air Field, AZ.
  • Transferred to Mather Army Air Field, CA.
  • Converted to TB-25J.
  • Transferred to the United States Air Force, September 18, 1947.
  • Transferred to storage as Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, September 1957-1959.
George Race, Dallas, TX, May 6, 1959.
  • Registered as N3438G.
William H. Wisner, Dallas, TX, July 1959-1963.
Web Thomas Aircraft Sales, Addison, TX, December 1963-1965.
Robert Hobart, Gulfport, MS, April 1965-1966.
Caribbean Enterprises Int, Gulfport, MS, April 1966.
Carl Gibbons, Vernon Land/Coy Neal, West Monroe, LA, August 1966.
Caribbean Enterprises Int, Gulfport, MS, September 1966.
Web Thomas Aircraft Sales, Addison, TX, May 1967.
Glenn H. Ransom, Brentwood, CA, May 1967-1973.
Milton Welser, Stockton, CA, March 1973-1978.
Richard Skadsheim, Modesto, CA, July 1978.
  • Withdrawn from use & derelict, Turlock, CA, 1981-1983.
Carl Scholl/Aero Trader, Chino, CA, August 1983-1985.
Wiley Sanders Truck Lines Inc., Troy, AL, March 1985-2002.
  • Flew as Samantha.
  • Later flown as USN 486797/WS/Old Grey Mare.
Hans O. Lauridsen, Glendale, AZ, June 7, 2004-2019.
  • Flown as USN 486797/WS/Old Grey Mare.
B-25 MITCHELL/44-86797


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.
  • Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013.
  • Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo Source(s):
  • Roger Cain.
  • Harry Chatfield

Research Assistance:
  • Glenn Chatfield
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