Was registered CF-CTY before.

Re-registered N24927 in June 1991 and is currently undergoing deep maintenance in the CAF hangar at Dallas Executive, (formerly Dallas Redbird), Airport, Texas.

Operated by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Unusually fitted with a four blade prop.

30 Apr '42: TOS USAAF as C-53 42-6474. Beginning in 1945 the plane went through many owners. Registrations included XA-DUI, XA-HIP, N5139B, N46TE, N162E. Ca.1993: Viking Express/Robert Burwell, IL. Ca.1994: Pelican Air/Robert Burwell with c/r N22RB. By Jul '95: Vintage Airways/Robert Burwell. Feb '98: Jade Software Corporation, Boca Raton, FL. 13 Aug 2004: Destroyed by Hurricane Charley.

Delivered to the USAAF as 43-27868. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ by 1958. Sold in 1959 and registered as N9077Z in 1960 and converted to an agricultural sprayer. To the Confederate Air Force in 1979 and rebuilt to military configuration. Reregistered as N25YR in 1981. They were renamed to the Commemorative Air Force in 2002.

Delivered to the Army as XP282 August 1961. Sold and registered G-BGTC 12 October 1979. It was badly damaged at South Lodge Farm, Widmerpool on -2 October 1996, when it struck a car while going around from an aborted landing. With the port aileron damaged, the pilot was unable to maintain control, causing it to stall and crash into the adjoining field. It is still currently registered as of December 2024, albeit with Permit expired -9 June 1997. It was possibly scrapped in 2023 but this is unconfirmed.

In 1945 this FR15 was transported by ship to Karachi where it served with the RAF Far East Air Force as NH749 and then with the Indian AF as 54 before finishing its service as an instructional airframe. In 1977 the frame was recovered from Patna Air Base, India and transported by ship back to England and restored back into NH749 markings. The plane made its first post-restoration flight in 1983 as G-MXIV. In 1985 it moved to the US and was registered N749DP. From the end of 2012 it has been operated by the Commemorative AF SoCal Wing at CMA.

This B-25 was intended for the USAAF as 44-30988 but entered service in March 1945 with the USN as 35857. Its service life was short being retired in March 1947 but by July was flying for the Saint Louis Flying Service as N5865V. Then followed a long list of owners and operators before arriving at the Commemorative AF SoCal Wing to begin a decades-long, deep restoration. In May 2016 the first post-restoration flight took place with the plane painted to represent VMB-611 B-25 35243/MB 11, which was lost along with its seven man crew during a strike on the Kibawe Trail near Davao in May 1945.

There was some sort of an event taking place at the CAF SoCal wing the following day and so Minsi III was towed out of the hangar for an engine run-up and test. I wasn't allowed onto the ramp whilst the engine was running and so the pictures are quite back-lit. However, here she is being towed back into the main hangar after the tests were fininshed. This airframe fell into disrepair after WWII and was discovered as a derelict hulk in Minnesota with the data plate missing. As a result the true identity of the plane may never be known.

Undergoing winter maintenance

Undergoing winter maintenance and hence allowing a view of the Allison V-1710 engine

Note the Sea Fury in the hangar in the background. This shot shows the difference between the 4 and 5 blade props that could be fitted to the Centaurus engine.

Moving under its own power but only a short taxi back from ground runs to investigate magneto issues.

long time resident with the Pay family VH-HAJ a T-6 Texan, has been with the family since 1984. Its real service was with the USAF as serial 49-3186. It had no service with the USN. It was sold in the civil market as N2893G in 1963 and later N1751.

With a canopy fitted