| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 43-3374 |
| Other Marks: | 02344 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
| Aircraft Version: | North American RB-25D Mitchell |
| C/n (msn): | 100-23700 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDWF IATA: - Local: DWF Other: - |
| Collection: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
| Photo Date: | 17 May 2018 |
| Photo by: | Glenn Chatfield |
| Photo ID: | 457831 |
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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. This photo is copyright © Glenn Chatfield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 3 May 2022, and has since been viewed 303 times. |