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The Vintage Flying Museum's B-25J, Pacific Prowler

There are more than one hundred surviving North American B-25 Mitchells scattered over the world, mainly in the United States. Most of them are on static display in museums, but about 45 are still airworthy.

A significant number of these were brought together for Catch-22, a 1970 war film adapted from the book of the same name by Joseph Heller. When Catch-22 began preliminary production, Paramount hired the Tallmantz Aviation organization to obtain available B-25s. Tallmantz president, Frank G. Tallman ended up finding war-surplus aircraft, and eventually gathered not only pilots to fly the aircraft but also a ground support crew to maintain the fleet.

On 18 April 2010, 17 airworthy B-25s took off from the airfield behind the National Museum of the United States Air Force and flew over in formation to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. Four of the surviving members of the Raid were in attendance for the reunion; Cole, Griffin, Hite and Thatcher, although Hite departed before the flyover. Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Commander of Air Force Material Command General Donald Hoffman and the Director of the National Museum of the United States Air Force Major General (ret.) Charles Metcalf were there also.[1]

In September 2005, a B-25C Mitchell that crashed in 1943 during a training exercise was raised from the depths of Lake Murray, SC.[2] Dr. Bob Seigler who spearheaded the project, John Hodge and Dr. Bill Vartorella, formed the Lake Murray B-25 Rescue Project to salvage the aircraft from the bottom of Lake Murray.[3] After recovery, the remains of the aircraft were moved to the Southern Museum of Flight[4] in Birmingham, Alabama for conservation and museum display.[5] A video crew, including maritime video experts Nautilus Productions Rick Allen (2nd camera & underwater camera) and Ric Hase (sound), documented the recovery for the Mega Movers series on the History Channel.[6]

This is a list of surviving North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft.

B-25 survivors

B-25J 44-28932 Tondelayo
B-25J Mitchell - 44-30069 at Museu Aerospacial in Campos dos Afonsos Air Force Base - Rio de Janeiro
B-25H Barbie III taxiing at Centennial Airport, Colorado
B-25J 45-8883 Grumpy of the Canadian Warplane Heritage
B-25J 44-30832 Take-off Time
B-25D 43-3634 Yankee Warrior
B-25J 43-28222 at Hurlburt Field, Florida
B-25J 44-86772 at the Hill Air Force Base Museum, Hill AFB, Utah
B-25J 44-86725 Super Rabbit at the Evergreen Aviation Museum
B-25J 44-30734 Panchito of Rag Wings and Radial Aircraft
B-25J 44-86843 at Grissom ARB, Indiana
B-25J 44-86872 Little King at Robins AFB, Georgia
B-25J 44-86891 Lazy Daisy Mae at former Castle AFB, California
B-25J-30NC 44-86777 Martha Jean of Blue Yonder, Inc
F-10D 43-3374 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (in Doolittle markings) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
B-25J 44-86893
B-25J 44-29507 Sarinah of the Duke of Brabant's Air Force
B-25J 43-28059 Apache Princess at the Fantasy of Flight Museum in Polk City, Florida

Argentina

Under restoration
B-25J
  • 44-31173 - under restoration to flightworthiness by Gustavo M. Passano and his team.[7]

Australia

On display
B-25D

Austria

Airworthy
B-25J

Brazil

On display
B-25J

Canada

Airworthy
B-25J
On display
B-25J

Ecuador

On display
B-25J
  • 44-86866 - Museo Aeronautico de la FAE Ecuadorian, Quito Air Force Base, partially restored and repainted in the famous "Apache Princess livery"[19]

Indonesia

On display
B-25J
  • 44-29022 - Indonesian Air Force Academy Collection in Jawa Tengah, Yogyakarta Air Force Base.[20]
  • 44-29032 - Indonesian Air Force Museum in Yogyakarta Air Force Base.[21]
  • 44-30399 - Armed Forces Museum in Jakarta.[22]

Mexico

On display
B-25J
Under Restoration
B-25J

Netherlands

Airworthy
B-25J
  • 44-29507 Sarinah.[26]
On display
B-25D
B-25J

Papua New Guinea

On display
B-25C
B-25D

Russia

On display
B-25D

Spain

On display
B-25J

United Kingdom

On display
B-25J

United States

Airworthy
B-25
B-25D
B-25H
B-25J
On display
B-25D
B-25H
B-25J
Under restoration or in storage
B-25B
B-25C
B-25J
PBJ-1J

Venezuela

On display
B-25J
  • 43-28096 - Museo Aeronautico FAV in Maracay Air Force Base.[158]
  • 44-30631 - Teniente Vicente Landaeta Gil AB in Barquisimeto.[159]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "B-25 bomber fly-over largest of its kind since WWII." Dayton Daily News, 19 April 2010. Retrieved: 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ Gordon, Kay. "Lake Murray's Mitchell." Air & Space Magazine, Smithsonian, January 2007.
  3. ^ "B-25 Mitchell Bomber salvaged from Lake Murray." Lake Murray's B-25. Retrieved" 24 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Podcast: Southern Museum of Flight". AL.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Lake Murray B-25 Exhibit". Southern Museum of Flight.
  6. ^ "Rick Allen (XIX)". IMDB.
  7. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-31173" Huaira Bajo Project. Retrieved: 28 November 2011.
  8. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/41-30222" Australian Aviation Heritage Center. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  9. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86893" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  10. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86893" Red Bull B-25 Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  11. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30245" Joe Baugher. Retrieved: 14 May 2012.
  12. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30069" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  13. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30245" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  14. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/45-8883" Canadian Warplane Heritage. Retrieved: 2 July 2014.
  15. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30791" Alberta Aviation Museum Retrieved: 2 July 2014.
  16. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86699" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  17. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86724" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  18. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86726" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  19. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86866" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  20. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29022" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  21. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29032" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  22. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30399" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  23. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29128" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  24. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29145" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  25. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30692" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  26. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29507" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  27. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/41-30792" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  28. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-31258" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  29. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/41-12442" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  30. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/41-30163" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  31. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-3355" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  32. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29121" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  33. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29366" RAF Museum London. Retrieved: 2 July 2014.
  34. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-31171" American Air Museum. Retrieved: 2 July 2014.
  35. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/40-2168" American Airpower Museum. Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  36. ^ "FAA Registry: N2825B" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
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  38. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-3318" Historic Flight Foundation Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  39. ^ "FAA Registry: N88972" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  40. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-3634" Yankee Air Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  41. ^ "FAA Registry: N3774" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  42. ^ "FAA Registry: N5548N" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  43. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-4106" History Flight Retrieved: 19 August 2014.
  44. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-27868" Commemorative Air Force Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  45. ^ "FAA Registry: N25YR" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  46. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-28059" Fantasy of Flight Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  47. ^ "FAA Registry: N1943J" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  48. ^ "FAA Registry: N9856C" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  49. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-35972" Commemorative Air Force Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  50. ^ "FAA Registry: N125AZ" FAA.gov Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  51. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-28866" Champaign Aviation Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  52. ^ "FAA Registry: N744CG" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  53. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-28925" Cavanaugh Flight Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  54. ^ "FAA Registry: N7687C" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  55. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-28932" Collings Foundation Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  56. ^ "FAA Registry: N3476G" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  57. ^ "FAA Registry: N7946C" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  58. ^ "FAA Registry: N9117Z" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  59. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29199" Westpac Restorations Retrieved: 19 August 2014.
  60. ^ "FAA Registry: N25GL" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  61. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29465" Lyon Air Museum Retrieved: 17 July 2014.
  62. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29869" Commemorative Air Force Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  63. ^ "FAA Registry: N27493" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  64. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29939" Mid Atlantic Air Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  65. ^ "FAA Registry: N9456Z" FAA.gov Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  66. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30129" Military Aviation Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  67. ^ "FAA Registry: N7947C" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  68. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30254" Flying Heritage Collection Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  69. ^ "FAA Registry: N41123" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  70. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30423" Planes of Fame Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  71. ^ "FAA Registry: N3675G" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  72. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30456" Lewis Air Legends Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  73. ^ "FAA Registry: N747AF" FAA.gov Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  74. ^ "FAA Registry: N201L" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  75. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30734" Rag Wings & Radials Aircraft Leasing LLC Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  76. ^ "FAA Registry: N9079Z" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  77. ^ "FAA Registry: N8195H" FAA.gov Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  78. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30748" Erickson Aircraft Collection Retrieved: 31 July 2014.
  79. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30801" American Aeronautical Foundation Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  80. ^ "FAA Registry: N30801" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  81. ^ "FAA Registry: N1042B" FAA.gov Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  82. ^ "FAA Registry: N3155G" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  83. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-31385" Commemorative Air Force Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  84. ^ "FAA Registry: N345TH" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  85. ^ "FAA Registry: N62163" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  86. ^ "FAA Registry: N325N" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  87. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86698" Fagen Fighters WWII Museum Retrieved: 17 July 2014.
  88. ^ "FAA Registry: N25NA" FAA.gov Retrieved: 21 April 2012.
  89. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86725" Oklahoma Museum of Flying Retrieved: 19 August 2014.
  90. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86734" Lone Star Flight Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  91. ^ "FAA Registry: N333RW" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  92. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86747" Palm Springs Air Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  93. ^ "FAA Registry: N8163H" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  94. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86758" Commemorative Air Force Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  95. ^ "FAA Registry: N9643C" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  96. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86777" Liberty Aviation Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  97. ^ "FAA Registry: N345BG" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  98. ^ "FAA Registry: N5262V" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  99. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86791" Yanks Air Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  100. ^ "FAA Registry: N6116X" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  101. ^ "FAA Registry: N3438G" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  102. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86797" Lauridsen Aviation Museum Retrieved: 19 August 2014.
  103. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/45-8835" Texas Flying Legends Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  104. ^ "FAA Registry: N5672V" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  105. ^ "FAA Registry: N5833B" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  106. ^ "FAA Registry: N3680G" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  107. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/45-8898" Tri-State Warbird Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  108. ^ "FAA Registry: N898BW" FAA.gov Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  109. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/41-29784" Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  110. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-3308" Freedom Museum. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  111. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-3374" National Museum of the USAF. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  112. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-4432" EAA Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  113. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-4899" Air Zoo Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  114. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-4999" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  115. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-4030" South Dakota Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 1 April 2013.
  116. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-27712" Pima Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  117. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-28222" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  118. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-28834" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  119. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-28875" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  120. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29035" National Museum of Naval Aviation. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  121. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29812" National World War II Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  122. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29835" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  123. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30077" Pacific Aviation Museum Retrieved: 1 July 2014.
  124. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30243" Pendleton Air Museum. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  125. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30363" Strategic Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  126. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30444" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  127. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30493" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  128. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30535" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  129. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30635" Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum. Retrieved: 1 April 2013.
  130. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30649" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  131. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30854" Air Force Armament Museum. Retrieved: 26 June 2014.
  132. ^ North American B-25 Mitchell
  133. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-31004" Battleship Memorial Park. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  134. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-31032" March Field Air Museum. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  135. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86727" Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 1 April 2013.
  136. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86772" Hill Aerospace Museum. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  137. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86843" Grissom AFB Museum. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  138. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86872" Museum of Aviation. Retrieved: 22 April 2012.
  139. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86880" aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  140. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86891" Castle Air Museum. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
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  143. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/41-32354." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 1 April 2015.
  144. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-29877" National Air and Space Museum Retrieved: 22 July 2014.
  145. ^ "FAA Registry: N943" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  146. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30203" warbirdregistry.org Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  147. ^ "FAA Registry: N9455Z" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  148. ^ "FAA Registry: N3161G" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  149. ^ "FAA Registry: N45HA" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  150. ^ "FAA Registry: N9088Z" FAA.gov Retrieved: 26 June 2014.
  151. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30733" "Sandbar Mitchel." Retrieved: 30 July 2013.
  152. ^ "FAA Registry: N9936Z" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  153. ^ "FAA Registry: N3442G" FAA.gov Retrieved: 11 May 2011.
  154. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-86715" Westpac Restorations Retrieved: 19 August 2014.
  155. ^ "FAA Registry: N3453G" FAA.gov Retrieved: 6 June 2011.
  156. ^ "FAA Registry: N5865V" FAA.gov Retrieved: 26 June 2014.
  157. ^ "PBJ-1 Mitchell/35857 THE MAKING OF North American PBJ-1J "SEMPER FI". Retrieved: 8 December 2012.
  158. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/43-28096" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
  159. ^ "B-25 Mitchell/44-30631" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 6 May 2011.
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