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B-25 MITCHELL/43-4432

Serial #: 43-4432
Construction #: 98-21433
Civil Registration:
  NL90399
  N90399
  N10V

Model:
  B-25H Mitchell
Name: City Of Burlington
Status: Restoration
Last Info: 2019

History:
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 43-4432.

• BOC: December 28, 1943.
• Flown to the modification center at Fairfax Army Air Field, KS, for two months of work.
• From early February through the end of March 1944 the plane traveled back and forth as an administrative aircraft between the modification center at Fairfax and several other bases.
• Transferred to Lowry Army Air Field, Denver, CO, April 1944.
• Assigned to several bases in Washington and California, returning to Fairfax twice in late 1944, May 1944 to November 1945.
• Transferred to Altus Army Air Field, OK, for storage, November 1, 1945.
• Transferred to RFC, Altus, OK, 1946

Joe Zappa/Delta Drilling Co, Dallas, TX, June 25, 1947.

• Purchased from RFC Altus, OK.

Texas Aircraft Trading Co, Tyler, TX, August 1947-1948.

• Registered as NL90399.

Jacques Power Saw Co, Dennison, TX, March 1948-1949.

• Registered as N90399.

A.B. Wharton, Vernon, TX, September 1949-1952.
Mechanical Productions Inc., Jackson, MI, February 1952

• Registered as N10V.

Alfred E. Merhige, Hollywood, FL, March 1954.

• Fitted with executive interior.
• Reported operated by Porfirio Rubirosa.

J.O. Willet, Monroe, LA, December 1954.
Husky Oil Co/Canam Company, Cody, WY, October 1955-1960.

• Further executive modifications completed, December 1955.
• Fitted with airstair and pointed tail cone.

Cherokee Flying Service, March 1960-1962.

• Flew as Cherokee II.

Tropical Export Trading, Fot Lauderdale, FL, June 1962.
Long Island Airways, New York, NY, June 1962-1968.
Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA, September 1968.
Filmways Inc, Hollywood, CA, September 1968-1972

• Used in filming "Catch-22" as Berlin Express

Sherman Cooper, Merced, CA, May 1971-1972.
EAA Aviation Foundation, Oshkosh, WI, August 18, 1972-2019

• Flown as U.S. Army Air Force/34030/City Of Burlington.

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