Dates

Event

Constructed as a B-25J-20-NC by North American at Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

10 November 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-29869.

13 November 1944

Transferred to 560th Base Unit, Palm Springs Army Air Field, CA.
Used for proficiency flying and crew training.

13 November 1944

Redesignated as TB-25J.

28 January 1946

Assigned to 4168th Base Unit, South Plains Army Air Field, TX for storage.

29 May 1946

Transferred to 304th Base Unit, Langley Field, VA.
Used for administrative purposes by the base command.

21 August 1946

Transferred to 75th Base Unit, Langley Field, VA.
Used for administrative purposes by the base command.

11 June 1947

Assigned to 4141st Base Unit, Pyote Army Air Base, TX for storage.

18 September 1947

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-29869.

6 December 1950

Assigned to 2753rd Air Storage Squadron, Pyote AFB, TX for storage.

14 November 1951

Transferred to Brookley AFB, AL.
For maintenance.

From 3 February 1952 to 3 September 1952

Loaned to Hughes Aircraft, Culver, CA.

From February 1952 to September 1952

Converted to a TB-25K.
Conversion included modifications to accept radar sets, electronics, and a nose cone for the E-1 fire control radar system as well as updated wiring and systems.

From 4 September 1952 to December 1957

Returned from loan to 3565th Training wing, James Connally AFB, TX.
Used to train radar and target intercept crewmen.

From 17 November 1954 to 20 February 1955

To Birmingham, AL, for maintenance.

December 1957

Assigned to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

April 1958

Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

1 October 1958

To Lysdale Flying Service, Saint. Paul, MN with new c/r N3160G.

From 1963 to 1970

Withdrawn from use.
Stored unconverted at Anoka, MN.

June 1970

To Robert Kundel, Rice Lake WI with new c/r N3160G.
Delivered to Rice Lake in 1970.

December 1978

To Harvard Corp/Confederate AF, Minneapolis MN keeping c/r N3160G.

1979

Ferry flight.
From Rice Lake to St.Paul-Fleming Field MN.

1979

Restoration started.

13 August 1979

To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen TX keeping c/r N3160G.

May 1991

To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen/Midland TX with new c/r N27493.

6 September 1991

To American Airpower Heritage FLG Musm, Midland, TX keeping c/r N27493.

1993

Restoration completed.
Restoration completed at Fleming Field MN.

16 April 1993

First post-restoration Flight.

9 October 1993

Photographer: eLaReF
Notes: At the Confederate Air Force Air Show at Midland, Texas

Markings Applied: Miss Mitchell, 27493
Marked as B-25J of the 310th Bomb Group, 380th Bomb Squadron during 1944-45 in the Mediterranean.

In the inventory of Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
View the Location Dossier

Based at Commemorative Air Force-Minnesota Wing, South Saint Paul Municipal Airport/Flemming Field, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
View the Location Dossier

2 June 1999

Certificate of airworthiness for NL27493 (B-25J, 44-29869) issued.

1 January 2002

Certificate of airworthiness for NL27493 (B-25J, 44-29869) issued.

17 April 2012

Photographer: Jeff Fisher / US Air Force Museum Website (Public Domain)
Notes: 2012 photo at the National Museum, Dayton, OH on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary Reunion of the Doolittle Raiders - this aircraft was just one of 20 B-25s to attend the reunion

23 August 2014

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Waterloo, IA

23 August 2014

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Waterloo, IA

23 August 2014

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Waterloo, IA

24 August 2015

To American Airpower Heritage FLG Musm, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N27493.

25 July 2017

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: at 2017 AirVenture at Oshkosh

24 June 2023

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

25 July 2023

Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: Miss Mitchell nose art on B-25 N27493 at Oshkosh, WI