12/43 TOS USAAF with s/n 43-3634. 19 Apr '44: Arrived Alesan Field, Corsica. Assigned to the 489th Bomb Squadron and flew its first combat mission the day it arrived! 23 Apr to 4 May '44: Flew 7 more bombing missions. 26 May '44: Arrived Homestead, FL. 3 Oct '44: TOS RAF as Mitchell II, KL148. 7/45: TOS RCAF as KL148. 6/62: Lawrence Hicks Ltd, Saint Thomas, ON, with c/r CF-NWV. 7/68: Glenn Lamond of Detroit with c/r NX3774. 1987: Yankee Air Force, Detroit, MI. 2000 to 2003: Restored with the greenhouse nose. One of only three surviving B-25s which flew combat during WWII.

1943: TOS USAAF as a B-25D. Later converted to F-10 photo recon aircraft; assigned to the 6th Air Force in South America. 1948: Redesignated RB-25D. By 1952: 3425th Instruction Squadron/3415th Technical Training Group, Lowry AFB. 3/52: Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, for storage. 30 Dec '57: USAF requested to have the plane modified to resemble Jimmy Doolittle's plane flown on the Tokyo raid in April 1942. 2/58: Ferried to North American Aviation, Inglewood, CA, for conversion. 4/58: Flew to Las Vegas, NV for the Doolittle reunion before continuing to the USAFM, Patterson Field, OH.

1943: TOS USAAF as a B-25D. Later converted to F-10 photo recon aircraft; assigned to the 6th Air Force in South America. 1948: Redesignated RB-25D. By 1952: 3425th Instruction Squadron/3415th Technical Training Group, Lowry AFB. 3/52: Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, for storage. 30 Dec '57: USAF requested to have the plane modified to resemble Jimmy Doolittle's plane flown on the Tokyo raid in April 1942. 2/58: Ferried to North American Aviation, Inglewood, CA, for conversion. 4/58: Flew to Las Vegas, NV for the Doolittle reunion before continuing to the USAFM, Patterson Field, OH.

1943: TOS USAAF as a B-25D. Later converted to F-10 photo recon aircraft; assigned to the 6th Air Force in South America. 1948: Redesignated RB-25D. By 1952: 3425th Instruction Squadron/3415th Technical Training Group, Lowry AFB. 3/52: Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, for storage. 30 Dec '57: USAF requested to have the plane modified to resemble Jimmy Doolittle's plane flown on the Tokyo raid in April 1942. 2/58: Ferried to North American Aviation, Inglewood, CA, for conversion. 4/58: Flew to Las Vegas, NV for the Doolittle reunion before continuing to the USAFM, Patterson Field, OH.

1/41: Factory rollout: this was the 4th production B-25. 25 Feb '41: TOS USAAC with s/n 40-2168 and assigned to HQ Sqdn/17th BG, McChord Field, WA. From 6/41: Assigned to several different units. 5/43: Test and Evaluation Unit, Wright Field, OH. 7/43: HQ Command, Bolling Field, DC; General Hap Arnold's staff transport. 7/45: War Assets Administration at McClellan for disposal. 4/47: Registered as NL75831 and served with several operators. 10/66: Registered N2825B and continue with several other operators. 17 Nov '89: Operated by the American Airpower Museum in East Farmingdale, NY.

1/41: Factory rollout: this was the 4th production B-25. 25 Feb '41: TOS USAAC with s/n 40-2168 and assigned to HQ Sqdn/17th BG, McChord Field, WA. From 6/41: Assigned to several different units. 5/43: Test and Evaluation Unit, Wright Field, OH. 7/43: HQ Command, Bolling Field, DC; General Hap Arnold's staff transport. 7/45: War Assets Administration at McClellan for disposal. 4/47: Registered as NL75831 and served with several operators. 10/66: Registered N2825B and continued with several other operators. 17 Nov '89: Operated by the American Airpower Museum in East Farmingdale, NY.

1/41: Factory rollout: this was the 4th production B-25. 25 Feb '41: TOS USAAC with s/n 40-2168 and assigned to HQ Sqdn/17th BG, McChord Field, WA. From 6/41: Assigned to several different units. 5/43: Test and Evaluation Unit, Wright Field, OH. 7/43: HQ Command, Bolling Field, DC; General Hap Arnold's staff transport. 7/45: War Assets Administration at McClellan for disposal. 4/47: Registered as NL75831 and served with several operators. 10/66: Registered N2825B and continued with several other operators. 17 Nov '89: Operated by the American Airpower Museum in East Farmingdale, NY.

5 Aug '43: TOS USAAF. 22 Aug: Departed Tucson, AZ, Modification Center and began flight to Egypt, arriving at Deversoir Field, Egypt on 7 September. After combat modifications it was delivered to the 512th Bomb Squadron/376th Bomb Group, Benghazi, Libya. 24 Sep: Squadron moved to Enfidaville, Tunisia. 17 Nov: Squadron moved to San Pancrazio, Italy. Flew a total of 56 missions, the last on being on 23 Feb '44. April/44: Due to obsolescence, the plane returned to the USA. September/44: Began storage tour, several bases. 12 May '59: Flown to the Air Force Museum at Patterson Field, Fairborn, OH.

5 Aug '43: TOS USAAF. 22 Aug: Departed Tucson, AZ, Modification Center and began flight to Egypt, arriving at Deversoir Field, Egypt on 7 September. After combat modifications it was delivered to the 512th Bomb Squadron/376th Bomb Group, Benghazi, Libya. 24 Sep: Squadron moved to Enfidaville, Tunisia. 17 Nov: Squadron moved to San Pancrazio, Italy. Flew a total of 56 missions, the last on being on 23 Feb '44. April/44: Due to obsolescence, the plane returned to the USA. September/44: Began storage tour, several bases. 12 May '59: Flown to the Air Force Museum at Patterson Field, Fairborn, OH.

5 Aug '43: TOS USAAF. 22 Aug: Departed Tucson, AZ, Modification Center and began flight to Egypt, arriving at Deversoir Field, Egypt on 7 September. After combat modifications it was delivered to the 512th Bomb Squadron/376th Bomb Group, Benghazi, Libya. 24 Sep: Squadron moved to Enfidaville, Tunisia. 17 Nov: Squadron moved to San Pancrazio, Italy. Flew a total of 56 missions, the last on being on 23 Feb '44. 4/44: Due to obsolescence, the plane returned to the USA. 9/44: Began storage tour, several bases. 12 May '59: Flown to the Air Force Museum at Patterson Field, Fairborn, OH.

A sharper black and white photo seems to confirm the serial number below the windscreen. The MD code is for AFMD and the aircraft also wears a black arrow marking saying 'Wright' (Field). The USAAF found light observation aircraft like the Piper Cub to be more practical. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

1939: TOS USAAC. 24 Jan '45: RFC at Bush Field, Atlanta, GA. 1947: Registered NR41821. 1954: Union Oil Company of California. 1955: Westinghouse Electric Corp. 1959: Registered N800L. By 1963: Registered N800N. 1966: Medical Electronics, Camp Hill, PA. Unknown date: University of Chicago National Sciences Foundation until 1972. 1977: Robert. P. Schaefli, Fairbanks, AK. 1981: James W. Boy/Florida Aircraft Leasing, Fort Lauderdale FL. 5/82: Air Force Museum. Ca.1996: Placed in storage awaiting restoration.

1939: TOS USAAC. 24 Jan '45: RFC at Bush Field, Atlanta, GA. 1947: Registered NR41821. 1954: Union Oil Company of California. 1955: Westinghouse Electric Corp. 1959: Registered N800L. By 1963: Registered N800N. 1966: Medical Electronics, Camp Hill, PA. Unknown date: University of Chicago National Sciences Foundation until 1972. 1977: Robert. P. Schaefli, Fairbanks, AK. 1981: James W. Boy/Florida Aircraft Leasing, Fort Lauderdale FL. 5/82: Air Force Museum. Ca.1996: Placed in storage awaiting restoration.

1939: TOS USAAC. 24 Jan '45: RFC at Bush Field, Atlanta, GA. 1947: Registered NR41821. 1954: Union Oil Company of California. 1955: Westinghouse Electric Corp. 1959: Registered N800L. By 1963: Registered N800N. 1966: Medical Electronics, Camp Hill, PA. Unknown date: University of Chicago National Sciences Foundation until 1972. 1977: Robert. P. Schaefli, Fairbanks, AK. 1981: James W. Boy/Florida Aircraft Leasing, Fort Lauderdale FL. 5/82: Air Force Museum. Ca.1996: Placed in storage awaiting restoration.

1939: TOS USAAC. 1945: Purchased by an unknown aircraft dealer, registered NC62477. Over the years through several owners it was used to haul cargo, for oil exploration, and agricultural spraying. October/58: Roger Stedman, Miami, FL; sold it to Cuban revolutionaries who were caught using it for gun-running from Florida. November/58: Impounded in Miami. December/60: Stored at Cannon AFB, NM. January/61: F. Daniel Bennett, who sold it to the Air Force Museum. 1980: Flown by C-5A to Cannon AFB for display. August/88: C-5A ride to Lowry AFB, CO for the Wings Over the Rockies Museum. Restored as 39-522.

1938: TOS USAAC, assigned to Wright Field, Dayton, OH and used for evaluation testing. 10/1942: Declared restricted and relegated to utility work. 1946: G.H. Baldwin with c/r NC56847. 1954: Two owners operated it for crop dusting. 1965: WFU, stored at Tucson, AZ.. 3/71: Ferried from Albuquerque to the Air Force Museum. 1980 to 1982: Restored and marked as a plane with the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron in 1939. Rare retractable turret was recovered by Darryl Greenamyer from a belly-landed B-18 high atop a Hawaiian mountain.

1938: TOS USAAC, assigned to Wright Field, Dayton, OH and used for evaluation testing. 10/1942: Declared restricted and relegated to utility work. 1946: G.H. Baldwin with c/r NC56847. 1954: Two owners operated it for crop dusting. 1965: WFU, stored at Tucson, AZ.. 3/71: Ferried from Albuquerque to the Air Force Museum. 1980 to 1982: Restored and marked as a plane with the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron in 1939. Rare retractable turret was recovered by Darryl Greenamyer from a belly-landed B-18 high atop a Hawaiian mountain.

1938: TOS USAAC, assigned to Wright Field, Dayton, OH and used for evaluation testing. 10/1942: Declared restricted and relegated to utility work. 1946: G.H. Baldwin with c/r NC56847. 1954: Two owners operated it for crop dusting. 1965: WFU, stored at Tucson, AZ.. 3/71: Ferried from Albuquerque to the Air Force Museum. 1980 to 1982: Restored and marked as a plane with the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron in 1939. Rare retractable turret was recovered by Darryl Greenamyer from a belly-landed B-18 high atop a Hawaiian mountain.

1938: TOS USAAC, assigned to Wright Field, Dayton, OH and used for evaluation testing. 10/1942: Declared restricted and relegated to utility work. 1946: G.H. Baldwin with c/r NC56847. 1954: Two owners operated it for crop dusting. 1965: WFU, stored at Tucson, AZ.. 3/71: Ferried from Albuquerque to the Air Force Museum. 1980 to 1982: Restored and marked as a plane with the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron in 1939. Rare retractable turret was recovered by Darryl Greenamyer from a belly-landed B-18 high atop a Hawaiian mountain.

1938: TOS USAAC, assigned to Wright Field, Dayton, OH and used for evaluation testing. 10/1942: Declared restricted and relegated to utility work. 1946: G.H. Baldwin with c/r NC56847. 1954: Two owners operated it for crop dusting. 1965: WFU, stored at Tucson, AZ.. 3/71: Ferried from Albuquerque to the Air Force Museum. 1980 to 1982: Restored and marked as a plane with the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron in 1939. Rare retractable turret was recovered by Darryl Greenamyer from a belly-landed B-18 high atop a Hawaiian mountain.