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B-25 MITCHELL/45-8884

             

Serial #: 45-8884
Construction #:
  108-47735
Civil Registration:
  N3156G
  C-GCWJ
  N5833B

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

History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 45-8884, 19??

• Completed in August or September 1945, this was one of the last B-25s built, and was delivered new for disposal to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Army Air Field, OK, 1945.
• BOC: December 1946.
• Assigned to storage at Pyote Army Air Field, TX.
• Transferred to Kelly AFB, TX, September 18, 1947.
• Converted to TB-25J and used for pilot training.
• Transferred to Bolling AFB, DC, for use as a transport, 1953.
• Transferred to Norton AFB, CA, for storage and disposal, 1958.

Jack Lysdale/Aviation Rental Service, St. Paul, MN, October 1958-1967.

• Registered as N3156G.
• Acquired as surplus for $1,960, Norton AFB, CA.

Johan M. Larsen, Minneapolis, MN, October 1967-1978.

• Operated by the Minnesota Aircraft Museum, Minneapolis, MN, 1972.

Jerry C. Janes, Vancouver, BC, May 1978-1979.
Jerry C. Janes/Custom Welding & Fabricating Inc, Mooringsport, LA, October 1979-1980.
Canadian Warplane Heritage, Sidney, BC, June 1980-1985.

• Registered as C-GCWJ.
• Operated by Jerry C. Janes.
• Flew as 458884/Death Watch (later RCAF/5262/HQ-262/City of Edmonton).
• Flew in movie Endless Sea, Tahiti, 1982.

Mark Clark/Courtesy Aircraft, Rockford, IL, August 1985.

• Registered as N5833B.

Randal Porter/David Brady/Air Acres Air Museum, Cartersville, GA, August 26, 1985-1993.

• Flew as 458884/Georgia Girl.

Chris & Patrick Harker/C&P Aviation Services, Anoka, MN, August 1983-2004.

• Restored to military standard, Chino, CA, September 2004-2007.
• Delivered to Minnisota on May 15, 2007.
• Flew as 458884/Lady Luck.

Lady Luck LLC, Blaine, MN, November 2004-2019.

• Flown as 458884/Lady Luck.

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