List of surviving North American B-25 Mitchells

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.

The Vintage Flying Museum's B-25J, Pacific Prowler

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.[1]

Throughout the 1940s, a number of B-25 Mitchell bombers (flying out of nearby Columbia) crashed into Lake Murray during training exercises for World War II. A few were able to be recovered, but three remained until September 2005, when a B-25C Mitchell bomber that crashed in 1943 was raised from the depths of the lake.[2] Dr. Bob Seigler who spearheaded the project, John Hodge and Dr. Bill Vartorella, formed the Lake Murray B-25 Rescue Project to salvage the aircraft from the bottom of Lake Murray.[3] After recovery the remains of the aircraft were moved to the Southern Museum of Flight[4] in Birmingham, Alabama for conservation and museum display. She was outfitted with a rare, 600 lb. underside machine-gun turret which is believed to be the only one in existence. [5] 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.[6]


B-25 survivors

B-25J 44-28932 Tondelayo
B-25J Mitchell – 44-30069 at Museu Aerospacial in Campos dos Afonsos Air Force Base – Rio de Janeiro
B-25H Barbie III taxiing at Centennial Airport, Colorado
B-25J 45-8883 Grumpy of the Canadian Warplane Heritage
B-25J 44-30832 Take-off Time
B-25D 43-3634 Yankee Warrior
B-25J 43-28222 at Hurlburt Field, Florida
B-25J 44-86772 at the Hill Air Force Base Museum, Hill AFB, Utah
B-25J 44-86725 Super Rabbit at the Evergreen Aviation Museum
B-25J 44-30734 Panchito of Rag Wings and Radial Aircraft
B-25J 44-86843 at Grissom ARB, Indiana
B-25J 44-86872 Little King at Robins AFB, Georgia
B-25J 44-86891 Lazy Daisy Mae at former Castle AFB, California
B-25J-30NC 44-86777 Martha Jean of Blue Yonder, Inc
F-10D 43-3374 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (in Doolittle markings) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
B-25J 44-86893 of the Flying Bulls in Austria
B-25J 44-29507 Sarinah of the Duke of Brabant's Air Force
B-25J 43-28059 Apache Princess at the Fantasy of Flight Museum in Polk City, Florida
B-25J 45-8811 Russell's Raiders at the 2007 International Air Picnic in Góraszka, Poland

Argentina

Under restoration
B-25J
  • 44-31173 – under restoration to flightworthiness by Gustavo M. Passano and his team.[7]

Australia

On display
B-25D
Under restoration or in storage
B-25C
B-25J

Austria

Airworthy
B-25J

Belgium

Under restoration
B-25J

Brazil

On display
B-25J
  • 44-29500 – Museu Eduardo Andre Matarazzo, Bebedouro, Sao Paulo.[15]
  • 44-30069 – Museu Aerospacial in Campos dos Afonsos Air Force Base, Rio de Janeiro.[16]
  • 44-30245 – Praca das Velhas Aguias in Natal Air Force Base.[17]

Canada

Airworthy
B-25J
On display
B-25J
In Storage
B-25J

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"[24]

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.[25]

Indonesia

Indonesian Air Force B-25 Mitchell at Satriamandala Museum in Jakarta
On display
B-25J

Mexico

On display
B-25J
Under Restoration
B-25J

Netherlands

Airworthy
B-25J
  • 44-29507 Sarinah.[34]
On display
B-25D
B-25J
B-25J 44-31258 in Dutch East Indies markings, on display at the Nationaal Militair Museum

Papua New Guinea

On display
B-25C
  • 41-12442 – Aitape High School in Tadji.[38]
  • 41-12830 – Papua New Guinea National War Museum off the coast of Wanigela.[39]

Russia

On display
B-25D

Spain

On display
B-25J

United Kingdom

On display
B-25J

United States

Airworthy
B-25
B-25D
  • 43-3318 Grumpy – based at the Historic Flight Foundation in Spokane, Washington.[46][47]
  • 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.[48][49]
B-25H
B-25J
44-30988 PBJ Mitchell parked on the ramp at the Commerative Air Force's Southern California Wing's Museum.
PBJ-1J
On display
B-25C
B-25D
B-25H
B-25H Dog Daize at the New England Air Museum
B-25J
Under restoration or in storage
B-25B
B-25C
B-25J
TB-25N

Venezuela

On display
B-25J
  • 43-28096 – Museo Aeronautico FAV in Maracay Air Force Base.[178]
  • 44-30631 – Teniente Vicente Landaeta Gil AB in Barquisimeto.[179]

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