B-25 Mitchell Survivors

There are more than one hundred surviving North American B-25 Mitchells scattered over the world, mainly in the United States. Most of them are on static display in museums, but about 45 are still airworthy.

A significant number of these were brought together for '' Catch-22'', a 1970 war film adapted from the book of the same name by Joseph Heller. When ''Catch-22'' began preliminary production, Paramount hired the Tallmantz Aviation organization to obtain available B-25s. Tallmantz president, Frank G. Tallman ended up finding war-surplus aircraft, and eventually gathered not only pilots to fly the aircraft but also a ground support crew to maintain the fleet.

On 18 April 2010, 17 airworthy B-25s took off from the airfield behind the National Museum of the United States Air Force and flew over in formation to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. Four of the surviving members of the Raid were in attendance for the reunion; Cole, Griffin, Hite, and Thatcher, although Hite departed before the flyover. Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley; Commander of Air Force Materiel Command General Donald J. Hoffman; and the Director of the National Museum of the United States Air Force Major General (ret.) Charles Metcalf were there also."B-25 bomber fly-over largest of its kind since WWII."
''Dayton Daily News,'' 19 April 2010. Retrieved: 19 April 2010.

In September 2005, a B-25C Mitchell that crashed in 1943 during a training exercise was raised from the depths of Lake Murray, SC. Bob Seigler who spearheaded the project, John Hodge and Bill Vartorella, formed the Lake Murray B-25 Rescue Project to salvage the aircraft from the bottom of Lake Murray. After recovery, the remains of the aircraft were moved to the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama for conservation and museum display. A video crew, including maritime video experts Nautilus Productions Rick Allen (2nd camera & underwater camera) and Ric Hase (sound), documented the recovery for the '' Mega Movers'' series on the History Channel.

B-25 survivors

Argentina

;Under restoration
;;B-25J
*44-31173 – under restoration to flightworthiness by Gustavo M. Passano and his team.

Australia

;On display
;;B-25D
*41-30222 ''Hawg-Mouth'' – Darwin Aviation Museum in Winnellie, Northern Territory.
;Under restoration or in storage
;;B-25C
*41-12913 - partially stored at Darwin Aviation Museum in Winnellie, Northern Territory.
*41-12924 - partially stored at Darwin Aviation Museum in Winnellie, Northern Territory.
;;B-25J
*44-31508 – under restoration with Reevers Warbirds, Adelaide, South Australia, having been painted in markings of No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF.

Austria

;Airworthy
;;B-25J
*44-86893 ''Red Bull'' – based in Salzburg, flown for the Flying Bulls/Red Bull and owned by Aircraft Guarantee Corp Trustee of Onalaska, Texas, USA.

Belgium

;Under restoration
;;B-25J
*44-30925 – under restoration to static display in WWII Stock condition b
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Brazil

;On display
;;B-25J
*44-29500 – Museu Eduardo Andre Matarazzo, Bebedouro, Sao Paulo.
*44-30069 – Museu Aerospacial in Campos dos Afonsos Air Force Base, Rio de Janeiro.
*44-30245 – Praca das Velhas Aguias in Natal Air Force Base.

Canada

;Airworthy
;;B-25J
*45-8883 ''Hot Gen!'' (formerly ''Grumpy'') – Canadian Warplane Heritage in Hamilton, Ontario.
;On display
;;B-25J
*44-30791 – Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton, Alberta. Ex-RCAF 5273, restored in 418 (City of Edmonton Squadron) markings as FW251 ''Daisy Mae''.
*44-86699 – Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.
*44-86724 – CFB Winnipeg in Manitoba.
;In Storage
;;B-25J
*44-86726 – Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

Ecuador

;On display
;;B-25J
*44-86866 – Museo Aeronautico de la FAE Ecuadorian, Quito Air Force Base, partially restored and repainted in the famous "Apache Princess livery"

France

;Crashed in 2011. Damaged beyond economical repair.
;;B-25J
*45-8811 ''Russell's Raiders'' – at the ''Société de Développement et de Promotion de l'Aviation'' in La Ferté-Alais.

Indonesia

;On display
;;B-25J
*44-29022 / M-433 – Indonesian Air Force Academy Collection in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta.
*44-29023 / M-434 – Gate guardian at Abdul Rachman Saleh Air Force Base in Malang, East Java.
*44-29032 / M-443 – Dirgantara Mandala Museum in Adisutjipto Air Force Base, Special Region of Yogyakarta.
*44-30399 / M-458 – Satriamandala Museum in South Jakarta, Jakarta.

Mexico

;On display
;;B-25J
*44-29128 – Museum of Technology in Mexico City.
;Under Restoration
;;B-25J
*44-29145 – San Juan de Aragon Park in Mexico City.
*44-30692 – San Juan de Aragon Park in Mexico City.

Netherlands

;Airworthy
;;B-25J
*44-29507 ''Sarinah''.
;On display
;;B-25D
*41-30792 – Overloon War Museum in Overloon.
;;B-25J
*44-31258 – Militaire Luchtvaart Museum in Soesterberg.

Papua New Guinea

;On display
;;B-25C
*41-12442 – Aitape High School in Tadji.
*41-12830 – Papua New Guinea National War Museum off the coast of Wanigela.

Russia

;On display
;;B-25D
*43-3355 – Moscow Air Force Museum.

Spain

;On display
;;B-25J
*44-29121 – Museo del Aire, Madrid.

United Kingdom

;On display
;;B-25J
*44-29366 – RAF Museum in Hendon.
*44-31171 – American Air Museum in Duxford.

United States

;Airworthy
;;B-25
*40-2168 ''Miss Hap'' – based at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, NY. This aircraft was the fourth off the North American production line in 1940 and was designated an RB-25 (the "R" indicating restricted from combat, not a reconnaissance aircraft) and was assigned to General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold in 1943 and 1944. It was later sold to Howard Hughes in 1951 and took Elizabeth Taylor to the funeral of her husband, Mike Todd. Hughes sold the aircraft in 1961.
;;B-25D
*43-3318 ''Grumpy'' – based at the Historic Flight Foundation in Spokane, Washington.
*43-3634 ''Rosie's Reply (''formerly'' Yankee Warrior)'' – Combat Veteran served with the 12th AF, 57th BW, 340th BG, 489th BS (8 combat missions). Based at the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This aircraft has been recently repainted and remarked in its original squadron markings and as a flyable tribute to the women known as Rosie the Riveter.
;;B-25H
*43-4106 ''Barbie III'' – based at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.
*43-4432 ''Berlin Express'' – based at EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
;;B-25J
*43-27868 ''Yellow Rose'' – based at the Commemorative Air Force (Central Texas Wing) in San Marcos, Texas.
*43-28059 ''Apache Princess'' – based at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
*43-28204 ''Pacific Princess'' – privately owned in Missoula, Montana.
*43-35972 ''Maid in the Shade'' – based at the Commemorative Air Force (Airbase Arizona) in Mesa, Arizona. This aircraft flew fifteen actual combat missions from Seraggia Airport on the island of Corsica in November and December 1944 as ''Battle 18'' with the distinctive blue tail and blue ring cowls she now displays. She was later an aerial pest spray aircraft and arrived at the then Arizona Wing of the CAF and was in restoration for almost 29 years until her first flight in May 2009.
*44-28866 ''Champaign Gal'' – based at the Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, Ohio.
*44-28925 ''How Boot That'' – based at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.
*44-28932 ''Tondelayo'' (listed as B-25J but had been a TB-25N) – based at the Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts, aircraft was based at the Foundation's maintenance plant at American Aero Services at New Smyrna Beach Airport in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, but in August 2013 the aircraft was moved to Nut Tree Airport in Solano County, California to aid the fundraising campaigns of the Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Center by offering rides over the San Francisco Bay area.
*44-28938 ''Old Glory'' – privately owned in Latham, New York. Being restored after non-fatal crash in Stockton, California on 19 September 2020.
*44-29199 ''In The Mood'' – based at the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
*44-29465 ''Guardian of Freedom'' – based at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California.
*44-29869 ''Miss Mitchell'' – based at the Commemorative Air Force (Minnesota Wing) in South St. Paul, Minnesota.
*44-29939 ''Briefing Time'' – based at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania.
*44-30129 ''Wild Cargo'' – based at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
*44-30254 (unnamed) – based at the Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, Washington.
*44-30423 ''Photo Fanny'' – based at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California. This airplane has appeared in numerous movies, e.g. ''Catch-22'' and ''Forever Young''.
*44-30456 ''Russian Ta Get Ya'' – based at the Lewis Air Legends in San Antonio, Texas.
*44-30606 ''Tootsie'' – privately owned in Carson City, Nevada.
*44-30734 ''Panchito'' – based at the Delaware Aviation Museum in Georgetown, Delaware.
*44-30748 ''Heavenly Body'' – based at the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon.
*44-30801 ''Executive Sweet'' – based at the American Aeronautical Foundation at Camarillo Airport, Camarillo, California.
*44-30823 ''God and Country'' – based at Mid-American Flight Museum in Mount Pleasant, Texas.
*44-30832 ''Buck U'' – privately owned in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
*44-31385 ''Show Me'' – based at the Commemorative Air Force (Missouri Wing) in St. Charles, Missouri.
*44-86697 ''Killer B'' – privately owned in Wilmington, Delaware.
*44-86698 ''Paper Doll'' – based at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota.
*44-86725 ''Super Rabbit'' – based at the Oklahoma Museum of Flying in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
*44-86734 ''Special Delivery'' – based at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas.
*44-86747 ''Mitch The Witch II'' – based at the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California.
*44-86758 ''Devil Dog'' – based at the Commemorative Air Force (Devil Dog Squadron) at Georgetown Municipal Airport in Georgetown, Texas; restored as a PBJ-1J.
*44-86777 ''Georgie's Gal'' – based at the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio.
*44-86785 ''Georgia Mae'' – privately owned in Troy, Alabama.
*44-86791 (unnamed) – based at the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.
*44-86797 ''Ol Grey Mare'' – based at the Lauridsen Aviation Museum in Buckeye, Arizona.
*45-8835 ''Betty's Dream'' – based at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot, North Dakota.
*45-8884 ''Lady Luck'' – privately owned in Blaine, Minnesota.
*45-8898 ''Yankee Doodle'' – based at the Tri-State Warbird Museum in Batavia, Ohio.
;;PBJ-1J
*44-30988 USN BuNo. 35857 ''Semper Fi'' – based at the Commemorative Air Force (Southern California Wing) at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. This aircraft is the only known existing original PBJ-1.

;On display
;;B-25C
*41-12634 - Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama.
;;B-25D
*41-29784 ''Fertile Myrtle'' – Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
*43-3308 (unnamed) – Freedom Museum in Pampa, Texas. It is on loan from the USMC Museum in Quantico, Virginia.
*43-3374 (unnamed) – National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.
;;B-25H
*43-4899 (unnamed) – Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
*43-4999 ''Dog Daize'' – New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
;;B-25J
*43-4030 ''Blonde Bomber'' – South Dakota Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota.
*43-27712 ''The Spirit of Al Penn'' – Pima Air & Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.
*43-28222 (unnamed) – Hurlburt Field, Florida.
*44-28834 ''Flo'' – Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota.
*44-28875 (unnamed) – Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, Texas.
*44-29035 (unnamed) – National Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida; painted as a PBJ-1 of VMB-423.
*44-29812 ''Safe Return'' – National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.
*44-29835 (unnamed) – Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas.
*44-30077 ''Mouthy Mitchell'' – Pacific Aviation Museum at the former NAS Ford Island in Honolulu, Hawaii.
*44-30243 (unnamed) – Pendelton Air Museum in Pendelton, Oregon.
*44-30363 ''Desert Bloom'' – Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, Nebraska. The museum also features a partial fuselage display of another B-25.
*44-30444 (unnamed) – Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
*44-30493 (unnamed) – Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana.
*44-30535 ''Iron Laiden Maiden'' – Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal, Kansas.
*44-30649 ''Poopsie'' – Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
*44-30854 (unnamed) – Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin AFB in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. This aircraft, retired in 1960, was the last operational B-25 in the USAF inventory.
*44-31004 ''Mary Alice II'' – Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama.
*44-31032 ''Problem Child'' – March Field Air Museum at March ARB (former March AFB) in Riverside, California. It is on loan from the Military Aircraft Restoration Corp in Chino, California.
*44-86772 (unnamed) – Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB, Utah.
*44-86843 ''Passionette Paulette'' – Grissom Air Museum at Grissom ARB (former Grissom AFB) in Indiana.
*44-86872 ''The Little King'' – Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB in Warner Robins, Georgia.

*44-86880 (unnamed) – National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas.
*44-86891 ''Lazy Daisy Mae'' – Castle Air Museum at the former Castle AFB in Atwater, California.

;Under restoration or in storage
;;B-25B
*40-2347 – fuselage in storage at Aero Trader in Ocotillo Wells, California.
;;B-25C
*41-13251 – to flightworthiness by private owner in San Francisco, California.
*41-13285 ''Skunkie'' – to flightworthiness or display status by South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation in Columbia, South Carolina.
*42-32354 – in storage at Aero Trader in Ocotillo Wells, California. This aircraft was featured in the television series '' The Twilight Zone'', in the September 1960 episode " ''King Nine'' Will Not Return".
;;B-25J
*44-28938 ''Old Glory'' – crashed in September 2020 in Stockton, California. Under restoration with the Prescott Foundation in Latham, New York.
*44-29877 ''Carol Jean'' – in storage at the Paul Garber Facility of the National Air and Space Museum in Silver Hill, Maryland.
*44-29943 – in storate by private owner in Borrego Springs, California.
*44-30203 – for display by the Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, California.
*44-30210 – to flightworthiness by private owner in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
*44-30324 – to flightworthiness by private owner in San Martin, California.
*44-30627 – in storage by private owner in Borrego Springs, California.
*44-30733 ''Sandbar Mitchell'' – to flightworthiness by Warbirds of Glory Museum in Brighton, Michigan.
*44-30756 – in storage by private owner in Borrego Springs, California.
*44-30761 – in storage by private owner in Borrego Springs, California.
*44-86715 – to flightworthiness by Westpac Restorations in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
*44-86727 – for display as PBJ at Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California.
*44-86844 – to flightworthiness by private owner in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
*45-8887 ''Ah'm Available Too'' – in storage by private owner in Borrego Springs, California.
;;TB-25N
*44-30635 ''Whiskey Pete'' – At Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama, likely undergoing restoration for display. Formerly under restoration at Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum at the former Chanute AFB in Rantoul, Illinois.

Venezuela

;On display
;;B-25J
*43-28096 – Museo Aeronautico FAV in Maracay Air Force Base.
*44-30631 – Teniente Vicente Landaeta Gil AB in Barquisimeto."B-25 Mitchell/44-30631"
''Warbirds Resource Group.'' Retrieved: 6 May 2011.

See also

* List of bomber aircraft
* List of military aircraft of the United States

Notes

External links

Hi-res virtual tour of Collings' B-25J 'Tondelayo'

Hi-res virtual tour of B-25H 'Barbie III'

Hi-res virtual tour of B-25J 'Panchito'

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