Aircraft Photo of N3774 | North American B-25D Mitchell | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #458016
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N3774
Other Marks:148
Aircraft Original Type:North American B-25 Mitchell
Aircraft Generic Type:North American B-25 Mitchell
Aircraft Version:North American B-25D Mitchell
C/n (msn):100-23960
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Gallant Warrior
Location
City / Airport:Chicago / Aurora - Aurora MunicipalMap
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: AUZ   Local: ARR   Other: -
Event:Aurora Air Show 1980
 
Photo Date:6 September 1980
Photo by:Glenn Chatfield
Photo ID: 458016
Photo Comment

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.

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