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B-25 MITCHELL/43-4106
"Barbie III"


At the Gathering Of Corsairs - September 2002
At the Gathering Of Corsairs - September 2002
At the Gathering Of Corsairs - September 2002
At the Gathering Of Corsairs - September 2002
At the Gathering Of Corsairs - September 2002


Serial #: 43-4106
Construction #:
  98-21107
Civil Registration:
  N5548N
Model: B-25H
Name: Barbie III
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2008
  

History:
Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical College, Stillwater, OK, May 1946-1951.
- Ex RFC Walnut Ridge, AR.
Bendix Corp Aviation Corp, Detroit, MI, Aug. 1951-1954.
- Registered as N5548N.
Bendix Corp, Towson, MD, 1961-1969.
Richard D. Lambert, Plainfield, IL, 1970-1978.
- Open storage, 1970-1981.
Heritage In Flight Museum, Springfield, IL, 1972.
Walter Wild & Louis A. Fulgaro/Weary Warriors Squadron, Rockford, IL, 1980-2005.
- Recovered from farm in Plainsfield, IL circa 1981.
- Restored with gun nose (w. 75mm cannon).
- First flight May 19, 1992, Rockford, IL.
- Flown as 34380/Barbie III.
Weary Warriors/Warbirds Unlimited Foundation , Fountain Hills, AZ / Mesa, AZ, 2005-2008.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2006.
Ryan Keough, 2008
Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002
Unknown.