Dates

Event

December 1943

Constructed as a B-25H-5.
Completion date

28 December 1943

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-4432.

From 28 December 1943 to 4 February 1944

Transferred to Modification Center, Fairfax Air Field, KS.

From February 1944 to March 1944

Traveled back and forth between the Fairfax modification center and several bases as an administrative aircraft.

April 1944

Transferred to Lowry Field, Denver, CO.

1944

Assigned to bases in Washington and California. She would return to the Fairfax modification center two more times in late 1944.

1 November 1945

Assigned to Altus Army Air Field, OK for storage.

Circa 1946

Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp., Altus, OK.

25 June 1947

To Joe Zappa/Delta Drilling Co., Dallas, TX.

August 1947

To Texas Aircraft Trading Co., Tyler, TX with new c/r NL90399.

March 1948

To Jacques Power Saw Co., Dennison, TX with new c/r N90399.

September 1949

To A. B. Wharton, Vernon, TX keeping c/r N90399.

February 1952

To Mechanical Productions Inc, Jackson, MI with new c/r N10V.

September 1952

B-25H cannon nose replaced by B-25J 8-gun nose.

November 1952

Low drag wingtips installed.

March 1954

To Alfred E. Merhige, Hollywood, FL keeping c/r N10V.

December 1954

Loaned to J. O. Willet, Monroe, LA.

October 1955

To Husky Oil Co, Cody, WY keeping c/r N10V.

November 1955

Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
Notes: At Chicago Midway

December 1955

Further executive modifications completed; airstair and pointed tail cone.

January 1956

To Canam Company, Cody, WY keeping c/r N10V.

27 June 1956

Certificate of airworthiness for NL10V (B-25H, 98-21433) issued.

March 1960

To Frank G. Ringswanger/Cherokee Flying Service keeping c/r N10V.
Markings added: Cherokee II

May 1962

To Valley Forge Military Academy Foundation, Wayne, PA keeping c/r N10V.

June 1962

To Tropical Export Trading Co, Fort Lauderdale, FL keeping c/r N10V.

June 1962

To Long Island Airways, New York, NY keeping c/r N10V.

September 1968

To Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA keeping c/r N10V.

September 1968

To Filmways Inc, Hollywood, CA keeping c/r N10V.

1970

Markings Applied: Berlin Express
Used in the filming of the movie Catch-22.

May 1971

To Sherman Cooper, Merced, CA keeping c/r N10V.

May 1972

To EAA Aviation Foundation Inc, Oshkosh, WI.
Donated by Mr. Cooper.

16 August 1972

Assigned civil registration: N10V

16 August 1972

To EAA Aviation Foundation Inc, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N10V.

In the inventory of EAA Airventure Museum, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
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From 1975 to 1985

Restored.
Markings Applied: City of Burlington, 34030
Restored with standard B-25J glass nose.

2 August 1988

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the EAA Fly-In, Oshkosh, WI

Circa 1993

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At EAA Oshkosh.

30 July 2010

Photographer: Todd Royer
Notes: EAA Airventure 2010

25 August 2010

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

25 August 2010

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

24 July 2017

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: At 2017 EAA Airventure at Oshkosh

To EAA Aviation Museum, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
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24 July 2018

Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: EAAs Berlin Express N10V before the paintjob had been completed, at Oshkosh, WI

26 December 2018

To Experimental Aircraft Association Inc, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N10V.

By July 2021

Restored.
Markings Applied: BERLIN EXPRESS
Marked as when flew in the movie Catch-22.

9 September 2021

Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

9 September 2021

Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

9 September 2021

Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

9 September 2021

Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

22 March 2022

Certificate of airworthiness for NL10V (B-25H, 98-21433) issued.

16 September 2022

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA