
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | "35087" |
Military Code: | MB-22 |
Aircraft Original Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
Aircraft Generic Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
Aircraft Version: | North American B-25J Mitchell |
C/n (msn): | 108-32310 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman FieldMap |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: KNPA IATA: NPA Local: NPA Other: - |
Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
Photo Date: | 31 May 2013 |
Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
Photo ID: | 47506 |
Photo Comment |
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After the B-25 Mitchell Doolittle raid on Tokyo in 1942 the US Navy decided it should have some B-25s of it's own that were subsequently designated PBJs. This aircraft, stored in the storage compound of the National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola, is 44-29035 but painted in the markings of a PBJ-1D assigned to VMB-423 that crashed on the island of Vanuatu on 22 April 1944. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 4 March 2018, and has since been viewed 331 times. |