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    Airframe Family: North American B-25/PBJ Mitchell
    Latest Model:TB-25N Mitchell
    Last Military Serial:44-29835 USAF
    Construction Number:43423
    Last Civil Registration:N3676G
    Compressed ID:NA TB-25N sn 44-29835 USAF cn 43423...
    Latest Owner or Location:Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

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

    6 November 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-29835.

    6 November 1944

    To 2531st Base Unit, Randolph Field, TX.

    12 December 1944

    Transferred to 2510th Base Unit, Brooks AAF, TX.

    10 February 1945

    Transferred to 2518th Base Unit, Enid AAF, OK.

    8 July 1945

    Transferred to 2528th Base Unit, Midland, TX.

    2 September 1945

    Transferred to 2518th Base Unit Enid AAF, OK.

    25 December 1945

    Transferred to 3500th Base Unit, Saint. Louis, MO.

    17 March 1946

    Transferred to 3702nd Base Unit, Buckley Field, CO.

    12 June 1946

    Transferred to 3718th Base Unit, Chanute Field, IL.

    30 September 1946

    Transferred to 3502nd Base Unit, Chanute Field, IL.

    31 August 1947

    Transferred to 3718th Base Unit, Chanute Field, IL.

    17 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-29835.

    28 August 1948

    Transferred to 3499 Tech. Training Wing, Chanute Field, IL.

    26 November 1950

    Transferred to Brookley AAF, AL.
    Maintenance.

    30 January 1951

    Transferred to 3499th Tech. Training Wing, Chanute Field, IL.

    January 1954

    Converted to a TB-25N.

    11 June 1954

    Transferred to 3499th Tech. Training Wing, Chanute Field, IL.

    6 June 1957

    Transferred to Birmingham, AL.
    Maintenance.

    15 December 1957

    Transferred to 3499th Tech. Training Wing, Chanute Field, IL.

    1 December 1958

    Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

    January 1959

    Declared surplus.

    From 1961 to 1962

    To Jerome Eddy with new c/r N3676G.

    March 1965

    To G. F. Rowsey.

    By January 1969


    Photographer: Unknown

    Circa 1970

    To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX.
    Markings added: Rowdys Raider
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    Circa 1970


    Photographer: Larry Johnson

    6 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: B-25N Mitchell named Rowdys Raider of the Confederate Air Force as seen at their Harlingen Airshow in October 19878.

    Withdrawn from use.
    Time and nature took their toll on the aircraft and when extensive corrosion was found during an inspection she was deemed too costly to repair and the aircraft was grounded and put on display at the then home of the Confederate Air Force in Harlingen, Texas.

    12 December 1980

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    To 37th Training Wing HQ Parade Ground, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    10 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX of North American TB-25N Mitchell

    7 April 1992

    Civil registration, N3676G, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in San Antonio, TX.

    By November 2000

    Markings Applied: 43-5103
    Displayed as a B-25H of the 490th Bomb Squadron during WWII. Interestingly, 5103 was the 2nd to last B-25 off the production line at the Englewood, California, manfc. plant.

    November 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX.

    To Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The B-25 History Project

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    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin

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