Chanute AFB was still open when this slide was taken. After being used as a ground instructional airframe at Chanute, this a/c was put on display at the base from 1949 through 1992. From 1993 through 2015 it was on display at the Chanute Air Museum. When the museum closed in 2015 it was transferred to the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB Georgia where it is currently on display.

Delivered to KLM as PH-BUM in 1979. Fitted with stretched upper deck in 1985. To Phuket Air as HS-VAV in 2003 then to Thai Sky Airlines as HS-AXJ in 2005. Back to Phuket Air as HS-VAV in 2006. Stored at Jakarta-CGK in 2007 and scrapped around 2012.

This is P-51D 44-72483 marked as P-51D 44-14303. At the time the slide was taken this a/c was owned by Mr. Roy Stutzman, who was owner from 1978 - 1981. After being sold, it was reregistered as N51EA.

G-Loc Fighters LLC ex Polish Air Force s/n 3056 Mig-21UM above Rockford, Illinois. Photoship: L-39C Albatros

TOC 17 December 1943 as B-25D 43-3634. Flew eight combat missions while assigned to the 12th Air Force in Italy during April - May 1944. Flown back to the U.S., arriving 26 May 1944. Transferred to the Royal Air Force as KL148, then assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force for use in multi engine flight training. Retired from RCAF June 1962. Owned by Mr. G. Lamont of Detroit, MI. when slide was taken. Currently owned by Yankee Air Museum, where it is airworthy and still registered N3774.

This is TB-25N USAAF s/n 44-30635 marked as B-25B 40-2270, which was one of the aircraft used on the Doolittle raid on Japan in April 1942. 44-30635 was TOC with the USAAF on 7 February 1945, and converted to a TB-25N in 1954. SOC in August 1958 and put on display at Chanute AFB. When the base closed in 1992 the aircraft transferred to the Octave Chanute Museum. When the museum closed in 2015 the aircraft was transferred to the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, AL. where it is on display.

Photographer: John Anderson. Testbed for B-52G tail configuration.

This was the 2nd B-25H built and was the prototype cannon-nose version. 23 Aug '43: TOS USAAF as 43-4106. Assigned to various units for testing. 1/46: RFC, Walnut Ridge, AR. 4/71: Richard Lambert, Plainfield, IL; was ferried to his grass strip. 8/81: Weary Warriors Squadron, New Lenox, IL; spent two months preparing the plane for ferrying to Springfield for restoration. Both flight attempts had engine failures so they continued the flight to Springfield on one engine. A few years later it was trucked to Rockford, IL for continuing restoration, completed in 1992. 10/15: Cavanaugh Air.

This was the 2nd B-25H built and was the prototype cannon-nose version. 23 Aug '43: TOS USAAF as 43-4106. Assigned to various units for testing. 1/46: RFC, Walnut Ridge, AR. 4/71: Richard Lambert, Plainfield, IL; was ferried to his grass strip. 8/81: Weary Warriors Squadron, New Lenox, IL; spent two months preparing the plane for ferrying to Springfield for restoration. Both flight attempts had engine failures so they continued the flight to Springfield on one engine. A few years later it was trucked to Rockford, IL for continuing restoration, completed in 1992. 10/15: Cavanaugh Air.

This was the 2nd B-25H built and was the prototype cannon-nose version. 23 Aug '43: TOS USAAF as 43-4106. Assigned to various units for testing. 1/46: RFC, Walnut Ridge, AR. 4/71: Richard Lambert, Plainfield, IL; was ferried to his grass strip. 8/81: Weary Warriors Squadron, New Lenox, IL; spent two months preparing the plane for ferrying to Springfield for restoration. Both flight attempts had engine failures so they continued the flight to Springfield on one engine. A few years later it was trucked to Rockford, IL for continuing restoration, completed in 1992. 10/15: Cavanaugh Air.

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.

1944: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-44272. Transferred to RAF as Liberator B.VI s/n KH401. Operated by 357 Squadron in CBI theater. 4/45: 232 Squadron as transport. 1946: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n HE771; operated by Number 6 Training Squadron. 31 Dec '68: SOC. 1973: David Tallichet with c/r N94459. Ferried from India to England. 8/75: Flown to the USA. 1981-1985: Loaned to March AFB, CA museum. 1986: Restored to flying. 1987-1988: Loaned to Liberal Air Museum in Liberal, KS. 10/94: Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight.

1944: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-44272. Transferred to RAF as Liberator B.VI s/n KH401. Operated by 357 Squadron in CBI theater. 4/45: 232 Squadron as transport. 1946: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n HE771; operated by Number 6 Training Squadron. 31 Dec '68: SOC. 1973: David Tallichet with c/r N94459. Ferried from India to England. 8/75: Flown to the USA. 1981-1985: Loaned to March AFB, CA museum. 1986: Restored to flying. 1987-1988: Loaned to Liberal Air Museum in Liberal, KS. 10/94: Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight.

1944: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-44272. Transferred to RAF as Liberator B.VI s/n KH401. Operated by 357 Squadron in CBI theater. 4/45: 232 Squadron as transport. 1946: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n HE771; operated by Number 6 Training Squadron. 31 Dec '68: SOC. 1973: David Tallichet with c/r N94459. Ferried from India to England. 8/75: Flown to the USA. 1981-1985: Loaned to March AFB, CA museum. 1986: Restored to flying. 1987-1988: Loaned to Liberal Air Museum in Liberal, KS. 10/94: Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight.

The fourth Viscount delivered to Capital Airlines in December 1955. Capital had ordered 57 aircraft worth $67 million - but in 1960 Vickers sued them for overdue payments totalling $34 million. United Air Lines took over Capital in 1961 and N7408 was the first Viscount to wear their colours. Photo by: Peter Stackpole / Life

Ex 41-20072. Last registration N42FN. Framed with two Northwest aircraft, a DC-4-1009, N88706, and a Stratocruiser. Photo by: Albert Fenn / Life

8/44: TOS USAAF. 10/44 Transferred to the RAF as Liberator GR.VI s/n KH191. The plane flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations until late 1945 when it was abandoned in Khanpur, India. 1948: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n T-18. 1968: Given to the Indian Air Force Technical College in Jalahali, to be used for mechanic training. 1981: Doug Arnold/Warbirds of Great Britain. 5/82: Airfreighted disassembled by a Belfast transport plane to Blackbushe Airport, England. 1984: Doctor Robert F. Collings, and transported by ship to the USA. 6/89: Registered as N224J. 1989: Restored.

8/44: TOS USAAF. 10/44 Transferred to the RAF as Liberator GR.VI s/n KH191. The plane flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations until late 1945 when it was abandoned in Khanpur, India. 1948: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n T-18. 1968: Given to the Indian Air Force Technical College in Jalahali, to be used for mechanic training. 1981: Doug Arnold/Warbirds of Great Britain. 5/82: Airfreighted disassembled by a Belfast transport plane to Blackbushe Airport, England. 1984: Doctor Robert F. Collings, and transported by ship to the USA. 6/89: Registered as N224J. 1989: Restored.

8/44: TOS USAAF. 10/44 Transferred to the RAF as Liberator GR.VI s/n KH191. The plane flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations until late 1945 when it was abandoned in Khanpur, India. 1948: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n T-18. 1968: Given to the Indian Air Force Technical College in Jalahali, to be used for mechanic training. 1981: Doug Arnold/Warbirds of Great Britain. 5/82: Airfreighted disassembled by a Belfast transport plane to Blackbushe Airport, England. 1984: Doctor Robert F. Collings, and transported by ship to the USA. 6/89: Registered as N224J. 1989: Restored.