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Coffield Airport Facility Auction Brochure

Fri Apr 23, 2021 4:49 pm

Here's something that I thought everyone might find interesting, the following is a copy of a brochure from when the museum's B-25 was auctioned at the Coffield Airport Facility in Rockdale, Texas on 15 October 1983:
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Here are higher resolution copies of the above:
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Re: Coffield Airport Facility Auction Brochure

Sat Apr 24, 2021 12:39 am

Very very cool (although the page crashes every time I open it, unless I click and drag Copy?? ...Imgur files don't play well with my computer I guess).
I remember seeing the B-25s in Air Classics' "Warbird Report" in the mid-70s; I'll have to look them up.

Re: Coffield Airport Facility Auction Brochure

Sat Apr 24, 2021 12:41 am

Rockdale B-25

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 58898.html
http://warbirdregistry.org/b25registry/b25-4486758.html
http://warbirdregistry.org/b25registry/b25-4430010.html
http://warbirdregistry.org/b25registry/b25-4430090.html
Last edited by mike furline on Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:01 am, edited 3 times in total.

Re: Coffield Airport Facility Auction Brochure

Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:59 am

Found the Air Classics piece; it's in the April 1974 issue (I added a couple notes to the text):

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^^^ Now the CAF's Devil Dog. Note the tail of 44-30010/N9641C just visible on the left edge.

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^^^ This one missed the auction; Aero Trader bought it in 1978. The Registry lists it as sold at the 1983 auction, but the auction list only mentions three B-25s (Scott R. please check?).

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^^^ Now N898BW Axis Nightmare.

Also note that last item; do any CG-13 parts from Rockdale still exist? Should we start looking for oddly-shaped houseboats? :lol:
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Many thanks to Scott Thompson for his book B-25 Mitchell in Civil Service from which I got the info.
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