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17 May 1944 |
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Constructed as a B-25H-10.
Roll-out date. |
18 May 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-4899. |
May 1944 |
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Transferred to Modification Center, Fairfax Field, Kansas City, KS.
Assigned as administration aircraft. |
1944 |
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Transferred to Hunter Field, El Paso, TX.
Awaiting assignment. |
July 1944 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to 42nd Bomb Group, Philippines.
Departed Long Beach, CA. |
Circa July 1944 |
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Assigned to a replacement pool and never saw combat. |
November 1944 |
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Ferry flight.
Returned to the USA. |
Circa December 1944 |
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Transferred to 1st Motion Picture Production Unit, Culver City, CA. |
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Converted to a TB-25H. |
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Redesignated as RB-25H. |
February 1946 |
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Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Army Air Field, OK. |
From 1946 to 1950 |
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To State Teachers College, Dickinson, ND. |
7 May 1950 |
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To SAX Aviation Co, Dickinson, ND with new c/r N66572. |
May 1951 |
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To Mike Dolajak, Dickinson, ND keeping c/r N66572. |
17 March 1952 |
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To Theodore X. Fabian, East Orange, NJ keeping c/r N66572. |
18 March 1952 |
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To William L. Rausch, Hackensack, NJ with new c/r N1582V. |
17 July 1952 |
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To Rausch Aviation, Teterboro, NJ keeping c/r N1582V. |
1953 |
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Executive conversion; fitted with tip tanks. |
12 August 1955 |
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To Le Franc Corporation, San Francisco, CA with new c/r N37L. |
January 1956 |
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Executive conversion carried out including the installation of an airstair and equipped with JATO. |
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Photographer: Charles M. Daniels Collection |
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The executive conversion included the installation of wings and tip tanks from c/r N5865V.
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17 January 1956 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NL37L (B-25H, 43-4899) issued. |
3 June 1959 |
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To Oakland Airmotive Co, Oakland, CA keeping c/r N37L. |
16 September 1959 |
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To Carrier Services Corp., Flint, MI keeping c/r N37L. |
7 May 1963 |
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To Grimes Manufacturing Corp, Urbana, OH keeping c/r N37L. |
24 September 1964 |
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To Air International, Columbus, OH keeping c/r N37L. |
7 July 1970 |
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To Golden Isles Aviation Inc, Saint. Simons Island, GA keeping c/r N37L. |
4 December 1970 |
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Damaged.
Damaged in forced landing at St. Simons Island, GA, due to inflight fire during alleged drug run. |
December 1970 |
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To Sheriff, Glynn County, GA keeping c/r N37L.
Seized. |
14 March 1977 |
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To John Hanson, Manistee, MI keeping c/r N37L.
Trucked disassembled from GA to Manistee for restoration. |
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Markings Applied: 48 |
2 February 1980 |
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To Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Portage, MI keeping c/r N37L. |
Circa February 1980 |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to Kalamazoo Aviation History Musuem.
Trucked disassembled. |
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Based at Air Zoo, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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22 July 1987 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Outside Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum |
From 1988 to 1990 |
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Restored.
Markings Applied: 4899
Fully dismantled and restored with B-25J nose. Painted as Bettys Dream of the 498th Bomb Squadron which served as an escort ship for the Japanese surrender delegation. |
19 July 1995 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan. |
19 July 1995 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan. |
24 September 2007 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
1 January 2017 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NL37L (B-25H, 43-4899) issued. |
8 September 2017 |
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Civil registration, N37L, cancelled. |
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To Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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