Aircraft Photo of 43-3374 | North American RB-25D Mitchell | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #457831
Aircraft
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
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
Photo Comment

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.

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