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"Fertile Myrtle"
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Serial #: 41-29784 Construction #: 87-7949 Civil Registration: NL5078N N122B N2DD N2XD Model(s): B-25D TB-25D Name: Fertile Myrtle Status: Display Last Info: 2002 |
History: Luis M. Borda, 1948. J. Bertin Terrel, Tulsa, OK, Aug. 9, 1948. Continental Oil Co, Ponca City, OK, Feb. 1949. - Registered as NL5078N. Timken Roller Bearing Co, Canton, OH, May 1953-1963. - Registered as N122B, June 1953. - Executive conversion by AiResearch, LAX, May-Dec. 1953. -- Fitted with wingtip tanks, streamlined nose and tail fairings, airstair door, improved systems and avionics. Fred Clausen, Minneapolis, MN, Dec. 1964-1966. Raw & William Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, July 1966. Continental Aviation Co, Tulsa, OK, Apr. 1968. Westernair of Albuquerque, Albuguerque, NM, Nov. 1968-1970. Harlow L. Jones, Albuquerque, NM, July 1970-1972. Lucille N. Kempton, Mesa, AZ, 1972. Richard Dupont, Greenville, DE, Nov. 1972-1981. - Registered as N2DD, July 1976. - Registered as N2XD, Feb. 1979. Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mt. Pleasant, SC, 1984-2002. - Delivered from Summit, DE to Columbia, SC, Apr. 29, 1981. - Displayed on USS Yorktown as Fertile Myrtle. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Photo Source(s): Timothy Cox Photography. |
