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    Airframe Family: North American B-25/PBJ Mitchell
    Latest Model:RB-25 Mitchell
    Last Military Serial:40-2168 USAAF
    Construction Number:62-2837
    Last Civil Registration:N2825B
    Compressed ID:NA RB-25 sn 40-2168 USAAF cn 62-283...
    Latest Owner or Location:TBF Inc, Dover, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a B-25.
    4th production model

    25 February 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 40-2168.

    25 March 1941

    Transferred to Headquarters Squadron, 17th Bomb Group, McChord Field, WA.
    Operated with markings: 1

    20 June 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 40-2168.

    28 June 1941

    Base of operations changed.
    Pendelton Field, OR.

    27 December 1941

    Transferred to Proving Grounds Command, Orlando Field, FL.

    18 February 1942

    Transferred to Air Technical Command, Westover Field, MA.

    16 July 1942

    Transferred to Proving Grounds Command, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD.

    2 February 1943

    Transferred to Air Technical Service Center, Olmstead Field, FL.

    2 May 1943

    Transferred to Test and Evaluation Unit, Wright Field, OH.

    From 7 July 1943 to 1944

    Transferred to HQ Command, Bolling Field, DC.
    General Hap Arnolds staff transport.

    22 August 1944

    Transferred to 2nd Base Unit, Bolling Field, DC.

    22 August 1944

    Redesignated as RB-25.

    12 July 1945

    Assigned to McClellan Field, CA for storage.

    17 July 1945

    Transferred to War Assets Administration, McClellan Field, CA.

    From 22 January 1947 to 1948

    To Charles R. Bates, Chattanooga TN.

    April 1947

    Civil registration XB-GOG reserved but not taken up.
    Ferry permit acquired but aircraft not delivered to Mexico.

    April 1947

    To Charles R. Bates, Chattanooga TN with new c/r NL75831.

    4 November 1948

    To Bankers Life (and) Casualty Co, Chicago IL with new c/r N75831.

    From 28 June 1951 to 1962

    To Hughes Tool Co, Houston TX keeping c/r N75831.

    18 November 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL2825B (RB-25, 62-2837) issued.

    From June 1962 to 1964

    To Hughes/Acme Aircraft Co, Lomita CA keeping c/r N75831.

    May 1965

    Civil registration, N75831, cancelled.

    October 1966

    To JRT Aero Service, Wichita Falls TX with new c/r N2825B.

    25 August 1971

    To John P. Silberman, Savannah GA keeping c/r N2825B.

    8 October 1974

    To SST Aviation Museum, Kissimmee FL keeping c/r N2825B.

    1975


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Kissimmee, FL

    June 1975

    To Chuck Thompson/Mustang Productions Inc, Polk City FL keeping c/r N2825B.

    February 1977

    To Grover R. Summers (and) Samuel E. Pool, keeping c/r N2825B.

    1977


    Photographer: Jeffrey Billings
    Notes: I believe this was taken at Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport during 1977

    22 August 1977

    To Charles (Dewey) Miller, Mobile AL keeping c/r N2825B.

    17 October 1980


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Tyndall AFB, Florida.

    July 1983

    To Alan Clarke/Fighting Air Command/Flytex Inc, Dallas TX keeping c/r N2825B.
    Markings added: 02168, The General

    17 November 1989

    To Jeff Clyman/TBF Inc, Tenafly NY keeping c/r N2825B.

    17 November 1989

    To TBF Inc, Dover, DE keeping c/r N2825B.

    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, CA

    1 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Malone County Airshow, in Malone, New York.

    1 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Malone County Airshow, in Malone, New York.

    Operated by American Airpower Museum, Republic Airport, East Farmingdale, Long Island, NY.
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    Markings Applied: Miss Hap

    September 2007


    Photographer: Tom Turner
    Notes: North American RB-25 Mitchell, (B-25 Mitchell), N2825B, 02168 (40-2168), Miss Hap [American Air Power Museum], Miss Hap, at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Sept 2007.

    14 July 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    14 July 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    14 July 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Wright Field, WPAFB, OH

    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Wright Field, WPAFB, OH

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Wright Field, WPAFB, OH

    28 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    1 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL2825B (RB-25, 62-2837) issued.

    4 June 2018

    To TBF Inc, Dover, DE keeping c/r N2825B.


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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
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The B-25 History Project
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher

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