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"Mitch The Witch II"

Serial #: 44-86747
Construction #:
  108-47501
Civil Registration:
  N8163H
Model(s):
  B-25J
  TB-25J
  TB-25N
Name:
  Mitch The Witch II
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2005
   History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-86747, 19??.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, Dec. 1958-1959.
Alton C. Mosley, Fairbanks, AK, May 4, 1959.
- Registered as N8163H.
- Converted to fire tanker, Boise, ID, July 1959.
-- Fitted with 2000 gallon borate tank.
Alton C. Mosley & Robert L. Murphey, Fairbanks, AK, Aug. 1959-1961.
Merric Inc, Anchorage, AK, Apr. 1961-1962.
RJD Corp, Fairbanks, AK, Feb. 1965-1967.
Donald Gilbertson & James Anderson/Aero Retardant, Fairbanks, AK, Apr. 1967.
- Flew as tanker #7.
Pacific Alaska Airlines/Aero Retardant, Fairbanks, AK, Feb. 1974-1977.
Noel M. Wien, Anchorage, AK, Feb. 1977-1978.
The Air Museum, Chino, CA, Dec. 1978-1986.
Robert Pond/Planes Of Fame East, Spring Park, MN, Mar. 1986-1997.
Palm Springs Air Museum/Bob Pond, Palm Springs, CA, 1997-2005.
- Flown as 287293/Mitch The Witch II.
- Flew as 02249/"Ruptured Duck" for movie Pearl Harbor, Sept. 2000.
-- Flew off USS Constellation.


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.
Pat Carry.
 Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002
Ross Henniger.
Brian Lockett - Goleta Air & Space Museum, http://www.air-and-space.com/home.htm, 2005.