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    Airframe Family: North American B-25/PBJ Mitchell
    Latest Model:TB-25N Mitchell
    Last Military Serial:44-28738 USAF
    Construction Number:108-32013
    Last Civil Registration:N3441G
    Compressed ID:NA TB-25N sn 44-28738 USAF cn 108-3...
    Latest Owner or Location:Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, Nebraska

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1944

    Constructed as a B-25J-15-NC by North American at Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-28738.

    Circa 1944

    Converted to an AT-24D.

    1945

    Redesignated as TB-25J.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-28738.

    Circa 1952

    Converted to a TB-25N.

    By June 1952

    Transferred to 3567th Maintenance Squadron, 3565th Maintenance and Support Group, James Connally AFB, Waco, TX.

    21 June 1952

    Damaged.
    Damaged in taxi accident at Connally AFB.

    December 1958

    Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

    5 May 1959

    To Whited Flying Service, Papillion, NE with new c/r N3441G.

    Markings Applied: 0-428738/BD-738
    Original USAF scheme, hand painted civil registration.

    From 1960 to 1973

    Withdrawn from use.
    Planned conversion to sprayer not completed, wfu open storage, South Omaha NE. By 1973 the aircraft was still complete but derelict.

    January 1963

    To United Aerial Applicators, Inc, Papillion, NE keeping c/r N3441G.

    March 1967

    To Clouds Peak Association, Sheridan, WY keeping c/r N3441G.

    April 1968

    To Sterling Leasing Corp, Denver, CO keeping c/r N3441G.

    March 1969

    To Midwest Seafoods Inc, Denver, CO keeping c/r N3441G.
    Began restoration to airworthy condition. Never completed.

    1975

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1975

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt, AFB, NE.
    Displayed as sectioned fuselage.

    14 January 1977

    Civil registration, N3441G, cancelled.

    1998

    To Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Only the fuselage survives here.
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    Markings Applied: BD-738, 428738

    17 May 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    25 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    13 June 2011

    Civil registration, N3441G, cancelled.

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    To Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE.
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     U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials Since 1909 by John M. Andrade
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Archaeology
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Hereoic Relics by Mike Jetzer
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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