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Serial #: 44-86697
Construction #:
  108-47451
Civil Registration:
  N62163
Model(s):
  B-25J
  TB-25J
  Mark III
Name: Killer B
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2003
   History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-86697, 19??.
Delivered to RCAF as 5239.
- BOC: Jan. 24, 1952.
- SOC: May 23, 1962.
Columbus L. Woods/Woods Body Shop, Lewistown, MT, Apr. 10, 1962-1963.
- Acquired from Canadian Crown Assets.
- Registered as N92876.
Bellomy Aviation, Miami, FL, Aug. 1963.
Delivered to Venezuelan AF as FAV 11A40, 0953, Dec. 1963.
- Noted in open storage, El Libertador AB, Venezuela, 1991.
Aztec Aviation Consulting, Miami, FL, July 1992.
Steven A. Detch, Alpharetta, GA, Sept. 1992.
- Dismantled in Venezuela and crated, shipped to USA.
Tricon Aero Corp, Elmwood Park, NJ, Sept. 1992.
William P. Leary/Tricon Aero Corp, Elmwood Park, NJ, Feb. 17, 1993-2002.
- Registered as N62163.
- Rebuilt to airworthy by Tom Reilly aviation, 1993-1995.
- First flight, Aug. 1995.
- Flown as "Killer B" in RAF camoflage.
- Operated by Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum, Kissimmee,FL.


Source(s):
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2002.
www.aerovintage.com
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
 Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003
Steve Tournay, 1996.
Mike Henniger.