All (New) Doolittle B-25s

[Warbird Kid]

How many B-25's have been "done up" as the most famous B-25s ever? Updated list

1. B-25J 44-30363 "Desert Bloom" - Strategic Air and Space Museum - Offutt AFB, Nebraska


2. B-25J 44-30854 - Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Fort - Walton Beach, Florida


3. B-25J 44-86880 - National Museum of the Pacific War - Fredericksburg, Texas


4. B-25J 44-30077/N2849G Pacific Aviation Museum - Honolulu, Hawaii


5. B-25D 43-3374 USAF Museum - Dayton, Ohio


6. B-25J 44-86734 "Special Delivery" - Lone Star Flight Museum - Galveston, Texas


7. B-25J 44-30243/N17666 - Pendelton Air Museum - Pendelton, Oregon


8. B-25C 41-13285 "Skunkie" - South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation, Columbia, South Carolina




No Longer Painted as Doolittle's

9. B-25J 44-30324/N3161G - Ken McBride, San Martin, California (Now in restoration in different markings)

(The greatest looking one in my opinion. I mean seriously, how have we not seen any Air to Air or other shots of this fantastically back-dated B-25? Did Tallichet ever publicly fly this one? I'm pretty sure I saw this same bird at Barnes ANG in like 2002 or 03. Sans top turret and 41'-42' era stars. With how closely it resembles an actual Doolittle Mitchell, this would be the one I'd like to buy.

10. B-25J 44-29121/N86427 (Now on static display in Spain in different markings)

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[TheBigBadGman]

B-25C-1-NA Mitchell
41-13285 (82-5920: 247th 1,625)
Columbia, South Carolina

Currently rotting away in the old Curtiss-Wright Hangar at Owens Field.

[lmritger]

Excellent point and I'm glad you brought this one up... for all the crap I've talked about the plethora of Old Crows and Memphis Belles, it looks like ol' 02344 might be the single most replicated scheme among vintage warbirds. There's 8 thus far in this thread alone, although I can't tell if that last one has the same serial or not.

It might be cool to see one of the airworthy birds have their markings backdated by another five months, to carry the white crosses of Blue Force from the Carolina Maneuvers held in November 41... you can make out the remnants of those markings on some of the shots of the Mitchells aboard the Hornet. Or, you know, maybe even pick another scheme entirely, like Dirty Dora from the 345th.

Lynn

[Chris Brame]

Add this one - 44-30243/N17666 on display at Pendelton, OR:

And going back a ways, 44-29121/N86427 which was probably the first flying B-25 to wear a Tokyo Raiders scheme (in 1967 for the 25th anniversary). This was taken in 1978 just before it was repainted for the movie Hanover Street:

(Image from retroplanespotting.blogspot.com)

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[tom d. friedman]

are the machine guns actual repros or faux painted wood broom sticks painted black as the original?? as that's what they did to save weight & gas on the mission, & to try to keep any errant japanese fighters away.

[Steve Nelson]

I you may have missed the best-known faux Doolittle Raider, at the NMUSAF.

SN

[Pat Carry]

In the first 6 photos on this thread, where are all of those? I know the 1st one is the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Nebraska. The 6th photo is Lone Star's? What about the rest. The Natl Museum of the Pacific War? The Air Zoo? Am I close? Geez, so many questions I have.

[Jerry O'Neill]

Pat, they look like the birds at Hill, SAC, Ford Island, Eglin, Pensecola, Air Force Museum.

[p51]

Ah, Doolittle Radier B-25s.
Just as prolific as 8th AF Mustangs...

[67N20]

In the first 6 photos on this thread, where are all of those? I know the 1st one is the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Nebraska. The 6th photo is Lone Star's? What about the rest. The Natl Museum of the Pacific War? The Air Zoo? Am I close? Geez, so many questions I have.

You are correct about #6, LSFM's.

[Pat Carry]

Pat, they look like the birds at Hill, SAC, Ford Island, Eglin, Pensecola, Air Force Museum.

Did they repaint the one in Pensacola? According to their website, their's is currently in two tone blue PBJ colors.

[Pat Carry]

I just found out where the 3rd one is at. The B-25 in the 3rd photo is at the Natl Museum of the Pacific War in Texas.

[Steve Nelson]

The Air Zoo B-25 was built as an H, but is configured as a gun-nose J, with a falcon-head Air Apaches paint scheme.

SN

[Warbird Kid]

Updated

[Chappie]

Unless these B-25s carry sn# of Doolittle B-25s maybe they simply represent any B-25 that came off the production line during the OD over gray time period? This seems to be the same as complaining about all the blue Corsairs flying today.


Chappie