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17 May 1944 |
Constructed as a B-25H-10. |
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18 May 1944 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-4899. |
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May 1944 |
Transferred to Modification Center, Fairfax Field, Kansas City, KS. |
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1944 |
Transferred to Hunter Field, El Paso, TX. |
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July 1944 |
Ferry flight. Delivered to 42nd Bomb Group, Philippines. |
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Circa July 1944 |
Assigned to a replacement pool and never saw combat. |
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November 1944 |
Ferry flight. |
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Circa December 1944 |
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. |
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February 1946 |
Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Army Air Field, OK. |
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From 1946 to 1950 |
To State Teachers College, Dickinson, ND. |
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7 May 1950 |
To SAX Aviation Co, Dickinson, ND with new c/r N66572. |
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May 1951 |
To Mike Dolajak, Dickinson, ND keeping c/r N66572. |
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17 March 1952 |
To Theodore X. Fabian, East Orange, NJ keeping c/r N66572. |
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18 March 1952 |
To William L. Rausch, Hackensack, NJ with new c/r N1582V. |
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17 July 1952 |
To Rausch Aviation, Teterboro, NJ keeping c/r N1582V. |
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1953 |
Executive conversion; fitted with tip tanks. |
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12 August 1955 |
To Le Franc Corporation, San Francisco, CA with new c/r N37L. |
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January 1956 |
Executive conversion carried out including the installation of an airstair and equipped with JATO. |
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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 |
Certificate of airworthiness for NL37L (B-25H, 43-4899) issued. |
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3 June 1959 |
To Oakland Airmotive Co, Oakland, CA keeping c/r N37L. |
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16 September 1959 |
To Carrier Services Corp., Flint, MI keeping c/r N37L. |
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7 May 1963 |
To Grimes Manufacturing Corp, Urbana, OH keeping c/r N37L. |
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24 September 1964 |
To Air International, Columbus, OH keeping c/r N37L. |
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7 July 1970 |
To Golden Isles Aviation Inc, Saint. Simons Island, GA keeping c/r N37L. |
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4 December 1970 |
Damaged. |
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December 1970 |
To Sheriff, Glynn County, GA keeping c/r N37L. |
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14 March 1977 |
To John Hanson, Manistee, MI keeping c/r N37L. |
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Markings Applied: 48 |
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2 February 1980 |
To Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Portage, MI keeping c/r N37L. |
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Circa February 1980 |
Transported by ground. Delivered to Kalamazoo Aviation History Musuem. |
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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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From 1988 to 1990 |
Restored. |
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19 July 1995 |
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19 July 1995 |
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24 September 2007 |
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1 January 2017 |
Certificate of airworthiness for NL37L (B-25H, 43-4899) issued. |
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8 September 2017 |
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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Credits Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier... Print Sources U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden Internet Sources Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America The B-25 History Project Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall Individual Contributors Glenn Chatfield Brian Golas Mike Henniger |
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