22 Mar '45: TOS USAAF as B-25J and immediately sent to South Plains Army Air Field, TX, for storage. 8/47: Pyote AAF, TX, for continued storage. 11/48: Barksdale AFB, LA, as a TB-25J. 6/50: Reese AFB, TX. 10/54: Converted to TB-25N. 12/58: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage. 7/59: National Metals Inc, Phoenix, AZ, and registered N9463Z. 7/60: Dothan Aviation Corporation, Dothan, AL. They used the plane as a sprayer until February 1974 when it was donated to the Battleship Alabama Memorial Park in Mobile. It was transported there slung under a CH-54 helicopter.
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