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    Airframe Family: North American B-25/PBJ Mitchell
    Latest Model:JTB-25M Mitchell
    Last Military Serial:44-30363 USAF
    Construction Number:108-33638
    Latest Owner or Location:Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, Nebraska

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

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

    17 January 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-30363.

    January 1945

    To Mobile Air Technical Service Center, Brookley AAF, AL.

    April 1945

    Assigned to 4138th AAF Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Laurel AAF, MS for storage.

    February 1946

    Assigned to 4168th AAF Base Unit (Air Material Command), South Plains AAF, TX for storage.

    August 1947

    Assigned to 4141st AF Base Unit (AMC), Pyote AFB, TX for storage.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-30363.

    September 1951

    Assigned to 2753rd Aircraft Storage Squadron (AMC), Pyote AFB, TX for storage.

    October 1951

    Transferred to Birmingham Modification Center, AL.

    October 1951

    Converted to a TB-25J.

    May 1953

    Redesignated as TB-25L.

    June 1953

    Loaned to Hughes Aircraft, Culver City, CA.

    June 1953

    Converted to a TB-25M.
    Converted by Hughes.

    June 1954

    Transferred to 3566th Basic Training Wing (Air Training Command), James Connolly AFB, TX.

    April 1955

    Transferred to Wright Air Development Center (Air Research and Development Command), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Converted to ETB-25M and deployed to McConnell AFB, KS.

    March 1956

    Converted to a JTB-25M.

    9 November 1959

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

    After 9 November 1959

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
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    1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1971

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.

    16 September 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the old SAC Museum, Offutt AFB

    June 1988

    By 1994

    Markings Applied: Desert Doom
    Displayed with camouflage paint scheme.

    22 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the old SAC Museum, Offutt AFB

    1997

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Moved to new facility while under construction.

    16 May 1998

    Placed on display with Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
    New Museum opened.

    2001

    Loaned to Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Museum name change.
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    Markings Applied: 30363
    Painted to represent a Doolittle Raider.

    5 August 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    22 June 2015

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Museum name change.
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    13 June 2019


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Strategic Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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