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B-25 MITCHELL/44-86872



Serial #: 44-86872
Construction #:
  108-47526
Civil Registration:
  N2888G
  Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  TB-25J Mitchell
Name: The Little King
Status: Display
Last Info: 2015

History:
Produced at NAA Kansas City, KS, 1944.
Delivered to United States Air Force as 44-86872.
- BOC: August 1945.
- SOC: April 1948.
- Stored Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, December 1957.
Blue Mountain Air Service, La Grande, OR, October 1958-1959.
- Registered as N2888G.
Idaho Aircraft Inc, Boise, ID, March 1961.
Dennis G. Smilanich, Boise, ID, May 1962-1970.
Reported derelict & stripped, Boise, ID, 1968-1983.
Pacific Museum Of Flight, 1983.
- Not collected.
Aero Nostalgia Inc, Stockton, CA, 1986-1987.
- Hulk trucked to Stockton, 1986.
- Rebuilt for static display.
United States Air ForceM, Robins AFB, GA, 1987-1990.
- Displayed as 486872.
The Museum Of Aviation, Robins, GA, 1990-2015.
- Displayed as 43-27676/The Little King.
- Scheme of 380th BS/310th BG/12th AF.


The Original "Little King".


The Original "Little King".



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., 2006.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013.
Photo Source(s):
Caz Caswell
BDK
Dominique Taddei

Research Assistance:
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