
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | 44-30363 |
Alternate Serial: | 30363 |
Military Code: | 20 |
Aircraft Original Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
Aircraft Generic Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
Aircraft Version: | North American TB-25M Mitchell |
C/n (msn): | 108-33638 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Aircraft Name: | Desert Doom |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Omaha - Offutt AFBMap |
Region / Country: | Nebraska, United States |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: KOFF IATA: OFF Local: OFF Other: - |
Collection: | Strategic Air Command Museum |
Photo Date: | 22 August 1994 |
Photo by: | Glenn Chatfield |
Photo ID: | 480629 |
Photo Comment |
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17 Jan '45: TOS USAAF as B-25J and assigned to the Air Technical Service Center, Brookley Field, AL. 4/45: Place in storage with several units. 10/51: Converted to TB-25J. 5/53: Upgraded TB-25L. 6/53: Converted it to TB-25M radar trainer. 4/55: Wright Air Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; converted to ETB-25M. 3/56: Redesignated JTB-25M. 9/59: SOC and ferried to the SAC Museum, Offutt AFB, NE. By 1994: Painted it in bogus desert camouflage scheme and named "Desert Doom" with a skull and crossbones painted on the nose. 1997: Trucked to new museum facility in Ashland, NE. This photo is copyright © Glenn Chatfield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 25 July 2022, and has since been viewed 176 times. |