Aircraft Photo of 44-30363 / 30363 | North American TB-25M Mitchell | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #480629
Aircraft
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
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

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.

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