Dates

Event

29 October 1943

Constructed as a B-25D-30.
Factory roll out

31 October 1943

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-3374.

1 November 1943

Converted to a F-10.

1 December 1943

Transferred to 91st Photo Mapping Squadron, Patterson Field, OH.

19 April 1944

Base of operations changed.
91st PMS assigned to the 6th Air Force in Peru where it was used for the echelon mapping the West Coast of South America.

26 October 1944

Transferred to Buckley Field, CO.
Assigned as a training aircraft for photo mapping crews.

November 1944

Transferred to Military Air Transport Service, USA.

November 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n BD374 as a Mitchell II.
Loaned to the RCAF.

27 November 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-3374.

27 November 1944

Transferred to 3705th Base Unit, Lowry AFB, CO.
Used for administrative flights as well as utility duties.

18 July 1947

Transferred to 3415th Technical Training Wing, Lowry AFB, CO.
3705th BU redesignated.

1947

Transferred to 3425th Instruction Squadron/3415th Technical Training Group, Lowry AFB, CO.

18 September 1947

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-3374.

June 1948

Redesignated as RB-25D.

Photographer: USAF

By March 1952

Transferred to 3425th Instruction Squadron/3415th Technical Training Group, Lowry AFB, CO.

7 March 1952

Damaged.
Landing Accident at Sioux City Airport, Sioux City, IA, pilot Thomas F. Gordon.

7 September 1954

Transferred to Birmingham, AL for maintenance.

17 November 1954

Transferred to 3425th Instruction Squadron/3415th Technical Training Group, Lowry AFB, CO.

17 December 1956

Transferred to Birmingham, AL for maintenance.

22 January 1957

Transferred to 3425th Instruction Squadron/3415th Technical Training Group, Lowry AFB, CO.

5 May 1957

Transferred to 1360th Air Base Group, McCoy AFB, FL.

15 December 1957

Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.

30 December 1957

On November 7, 1957, Colonel Jack A. Simms had the idea to modify one of the many B-25s sitting in storage to resemble Jimmy Doolittles B-25B-NA. At the time, all of the known B-25B-NA bombers had been scrapped. On December 30, 1957, a memorandum was issued by Colonel Bickell, United States Air Force Chief of Operations Programs Division, requesting the B-25D/F-10-NC SN 43-3374 for this purpose. The aircraft was prepared for a flight to the North American Aviation Inglewood, California plant.The B-25D/F-10-NC was reconfigured by North American (B-25 History Project).

1 February 1958

Ferry flight.
North American Aviation, Inglewood, CA.

From February 1958 to April 1958

Restored.
Markings Applied: 02344
Rebuilt by North American Aviation at Inglewood, CA to the configuration of the lead B-25B flown by Lt. Col. Doolittle on the Tokyo Raid.

18 April 1958

Ferry flight.
To Las Vegas, NV for the Doolittle Reunion. She was flown by several of the Raiders on her trip from Las Vegas. (B-25 History Project).

April 1958

Photographer: National Museum of the USAF
Notes: During ferry flight to NMUSAF

26 April 1958

Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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Circa 1958

Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

Circa 5 June 1970

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the old Museum location, Patterson Field, Fairborn, OH

17 October 1970

Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

17 October 1970

Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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6 May 2008

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

6 May 2008

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield